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Textual thesaurus for "crumble"

(verb) dilapidate, decay

fall into decay or ruin

The unoccupied house started to decay


(verb) fall apart

break or fall apart into fragments

The cookies crumbled; The Sphinx is crumbling


(verb) collapse, break down, crumple, tumble

fall apart

the building crumbled after the explosion; Negotiations broke down