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What is another word for crumble?

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To break into small fragments due to impact

To break into small fragments due to decay

To break or crush into crumbs or small particles

To worsen in quality or value

To fall or collapse inward or to the bottom

To destroy or be destroyed in a gradual manner

To have a mental or emotional breakdown

Convert into oxide

To knock or cut pieces off (a hard material)

To chop or cut into very small pieces

To surrender or end all resistance to

To quench or satisfy (one's thirst)

To fail or not succeed

Come or fall away from a surface in flakes

A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping

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Verb

To break into small fragments due to impact

come apart at the seams

go to rack and ruin

smash to smithereens

break into tiny pieces

break into fragments

break to smithereens

smash into smithereens

break into pieces

fall apart at the seams

make mincemeat of

crush to smithereens

physically break

break to pieces

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“The defective quality of the stone and workmanship caused the north abutment wall of the Cuyahoga aqueduct to crumble and give way.”

Verb

To break into small fragments due to decay

fall into decay

go to rack and ruin

become contaminated

become gangrenous

be past its sell-by date

become infected

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“The rot eats into the wood, and the walls begin to crumble.”

Verb

To break or crush into crumbs or small particles

rub into pieces

chop into pieces

strike together

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“Using your fingers and thumbs, crumble the remaining mixture all over the top, covering as evenly as possible.”

Verb

To worsen in quality or value

go down the toilet

go down the tubes

go to rack and ruin

take a turn for the worse

become dilapidated

become debilitated

be the worse for wear

come apart at seams

be on your last legs

become emaciated

go from bad to worse

take a nosedive

appear in a poor light

be at disadvantage

be shown to disadvantage

make something worse

fall into decay

go into decline

fall apart at the seams

fall into disrepair

be on one's deathbed

be giving up the ghost

be slipping away

be about to die

become moribund

have one foot in the grave

be at death's door

be breathing one's last

be approaching death

hit rock bottom

come apart at the seams

turn the clock back

be on the way out

draw to a close

be worse for wear

take a step back

fall off the wagon

go down the tube

become shrunken

become enfeebled

go into a tailspin

reach a new low

suffer a relapse

get worse again

leave the straight and narrow

go down the primrose path

fall from grace

be insufficient

be found lacking

not come to ripeness

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“I found that the image quality began to crumble as we increased the level of magnification.”

Verb

To fall or collapse inward or to the bottom

fall apart at the seams

come apart at the seams

collapse inwards

come down about one's ears

take a nosedive

die away or out

die away or down

descend rapidly

decrease rapidly

go into a tailspin

be precipitated

go through the floor

decrease in value

decline in price

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Verb

To destroy or be destroyed in a gradual manner

become threadbare

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Verb

To have a mental or emotional breakdown

have a breakdown

become demented

become psychotic

go off one's rocker

come apart at the seams

fall apart at the seams

come apart at seams

go off deep end

go out of your mind

have a mental breakdown

have an emotional breakdown

have a mental collapse

lose one's self-control

be overcome with emotion

dissolve into tears

burst into tears

lose one's marbles

take leave of one's senses

go off your head

lose one's mind

go doolally tap

go round the twist

go off one's trolley

lose one's reason

become deranged

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Verb

Convert into oxide

become discoloured

lose its lustre

Verb

To knock or cut pieces off (a hard material)

axe^UK

ax^US

come off in layers

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Verb

To chop or cut into very small pieces

chop into small pieces

cut into small pieces

cut into pieces

Verb

To surrender or end all resistance to

throw in the towel

raise the white flag

throw in the sponge

wave the white flag

show the white flag

give up the struggle

put up white flag

give yourself up

give away the store

come off second-best

be overwhelmed by

be conquered by

resign yourself

throw in your hand

hoist the white flag

make concessions

throw up one's hands

throw up the sponge

show white flag

be taken to cleaners

meet one's Waterloo

be outdistanced

roll over and play dead

give oneself over

act in accordance with

come off second best

be unsuccessful

get the worst of it

be overthrown by

be destroyed by

be vanquished by

be a casualty to

pass into the hands of

pass into enemy hands

lose one's position to

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Verb

To quench or satisfy (one's thirst)

take the edge off

indulge to the full

become less intense

take the bite out

take the sting out

put a damper on

give pleasure to

make someone feel good

give someone a kick

tranquillise^UK

take a nosedive

come to nothing

do damage control

throw cold water on

make less intense

make cutbacks in

go through the floor

pour cold water on

take the bite out of

take the sting out of

make reasonable

reduce the force of

anaesthetize^UK

patch things up

die away or out

die away or down

lose its effect

lose its effectiveness

axe^UK

make reductions in

take the heat off

ax^US

sink into oblivion

disappear slowly

go into a tailspin

be precipitated

decrease in value

decline in price

be insufficient

draw to a close

be on the way out

bring respite to

bring an end to

take a load off

make something bearable

be found lacking

not come to ripeness

put the brakes on

get in the way of

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Verb

To fail or not succeed

be unsuccessful

come apart at the seams

meet with disaster

come to nothing

go down like a lead balloon

not come up to scratch

go down the tube

be found lacking

meet with failure

grind to a halt

not come up to expectations

not make the grade

go on the rocks

be found wanting

fall by the wayside

be found deficient

come to a sticky end

come to a bad end

have an adverse effect on

fail to work out

go down swinging

back wrong horse

have an adverse effect

be counterproductive

not go as planned

be self-defeating

have unwelcome repercussions for

cause one to be hoist with one's own petard

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Verb

Come or fall away from a surface in flakes

come off in layers

come off in strips

take the skin off

take the rind off

Noun

A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping

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