Synonyms for crumble
ˈkrʌm bəlcrum·ble

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1. crumble

   Synonyms:
   disintegrate, pulverize, triturate

   Antonyms:
   consolidate, conglutinate, bond, amalgamate

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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

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1. • Change
   • Change Integrity
   • Disintegrate

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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

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1. crumbleverb

   Synonyms:
   disintegrate, decay, molder

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1. List of paraphrases for "crumble":

   collapse

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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Joe Biden:

   Putin expected Europe and the United States to weaken our resolve, he expected our support for Ukraine to crumble with time. He was wrong … and he was wrong from the beginning and he continues to be wrong. We are united.

4. Christopher Skaife:

   We are very, very pleased to say here at the Tower of London that we have now got four magnificent chicks, the first time they have been born at the Tower of London for over 30 years, we decided that it would be a really good idea to see if we could actually breed ravens ourselves at the Tower of London to secure our future, after all legend tells us that should the ravens leave the Tower of London it will crumble into dust and a great harm befall the kingdom.

5. Mattia Toaldo:

   The victorious end of Misrata's offensive on Sirte could be the harbinger of more infighting between different factions, ultimately, the current relative absence of violence in Libya is very fragile in many areas and could crumble under these multiple pressures.