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Synonyms for crumble
ˈkrʌm bəlcrum·ble

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. crumble

    Synonyms:
    disintegrate, pulverize, triturate

    Antonyms:
    consolidate, conglutinate, bond, amalgamate

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 4 votes

  1. crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapseverb

    fall apart

    "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

    Synonyms:
    topple, crease, collapse, analyze, buckle, crack, crack up, rumple, cave in, fail, snap, twig, whirl, go bad, tumble, break up, decay, cotton on, give, crock up, knit, get wise, conk out, analyse, whirl around, fall apart, give out, cockle, catch on, go, fall in, get onto, wrinkle, break, crumple, pucker, die, decompose, get it, latch on, dissect, break down, give way, crush, take apart, dilapidate, burst, lose it, crinkle, founder, tip

  2. crumble, fall apartverb

    break or fall apart into fragments

    "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"

    Synonyms:
    break down, decay, separate, crumple, bust, tumble, wear, dilapidate, collapse, split up, go to pieces, break, come apart, fall apart, wear out

  3. decay, crumble, dilapidateverb

    fall into decay or ruin

    "The unoccupied house started to decay"

    Synonyms:
    break down, dilapidate, decompose, crumple, disintegrate, tumble, collapse, decay, fall apart

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. crumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    crush, break to pieces, disintegrate, reduce to fragments

  2. crumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    fall to pieces, break into pieces, become disintegrated

  3. crumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    perish, fall into decay

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 2 votes

  1. crumbleverb

    Synonyms:
    disintegrate, decay, molder

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "crumble":

    collapse

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How to use crumble in a sentence?

  1. Geraud Charpin:

    This highlights what we have learned already ... that the euro project is incomplete and needs to be at some stage completed seriously, today, there is a bigger risk that the euro project will crumble.

  2. Wayne Spring:

    I've seen that cliff crumble before, and I've seen way too many people [stand] at the edge.

  3. Robert English:

    Eventually, the loss of troops, the loss of foreign investment, the loss of public support, the economic drain — all those are facts that he can't ignore indefinitely, but I think he's resisting that because he's living … in a world of slanted intelligence and illusions and utopian ideas about a return of the Russian Empire that will take some time to crumble away. And he's resisting it mightily, still trying to come up with that military victory, even as everyone else can see it grinding to a halt.

  4. Joe Navarro:

    You may see him crumble into an embryo position, crossing his arms across his chest in a self hug, bringing his knees up, that's unfortunate but probably to be expected of somebody his age.

  5. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    my reggae music was created to chant down babylon. I/we said-they see their dreams and aspirations crumble in front of their face, and all of their wicked intentions to destroy the human race- my reasonings with bob marley and the trench town people put into song.


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