crumble
Verb
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Fall apart (synset 202045722)
"the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-up
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Break or fall apart into fragments (synset 200398311)
"The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"is a type of: disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unitysame as: fall apart
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Fall into decay or ruin (synset 200209244)
"The unoccupied house started to decay"is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original naturesubtypes:
- deteriorate - become worse or disintegrate
- corrode, rust - become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
- weather - change under the action or influence of the weather
- eat at, erode, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away - become ground down or deteriorate
- droop, wilt - become limp
- ruin - fall into ruin
- break, bust, fall apart, wear, wear out - go to pieces
same as: decay, dilapidate
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