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Crumble

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Verb

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

fall apart

Example Sentences:
'the building crumbled after the explosion'
'Negotiations broke down'

2. crumble, fall apart

break or fall apart into fragments

Example Sentences:
'The cookies crumbled'
'The Sphinx is crumbling'

3. crumble, decay, dilapidate

fall into decay or ruin

Example Sentences:
'The unoccupied house started to decay'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Crumble

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verb
1. 
to break or be broken into crumbs or fragments
2. (intransitive)
to fall apart or away
his resolution crumbled
noun
3. British
a baked pudding consisting of a crumbly mixture of flour, fat, and sugar over stewed fruit
apple crumble

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Crumble

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcrumbled or ˈcrumbling
1. 
to break into crumbs or small pieces
verb intransitive
2. 
to fall to pieces; disintegrate
noun
3.  Rare
a crumb or crumbling substance

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Crumble

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v. crum·bled, crum·bling, crum·bles
v.tr.
To break into small fragments or pieces: I crumbled the cheese into the salad.
v.intr.
1. To fall into small fragments or pieces; disintegrate: The ancient castle had crumbled to ruins.
2. To give way; collapse: an ego that crumbles under pressure.
n.
1. A baked dessert of fruit topped with a crumbly pastry mixture: cherry crumble.
2. The crumbly mixture on top of such a dessert.

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