crumble
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(verb) break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" |
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Synonyms: fall apart |
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Related Words: disintegrate |
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(verb) fall apart; also used metaphorically: "Negociations broke down" |
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Synonyms: break down, collapse, crumple, tumble |
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Related Words: change integrity |
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(verb) fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" |
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Synonyms: decay, delapidate |
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Related Words: break, bust, corrode, degenerate, deteriorate, droop, eat at, erode, fall apart, gnaw, gnaw at, rust, wear, wear away, wear out, weather, wilt |
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