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   Crumbling

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   • 1. breaking or falling apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration: "their crumbling ancestral home"
   • ▪ (of something abstract) disintegrating gradually over a period of time: "a crumbling empire"

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   What does crumbling mean?

   • The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting to crumble. Support for the government is crumbling. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: CRUMBLING meaning: 1. present participle of crumble 2. to break, or cause something to break, into small pieces: 3…. Learn more.

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   What does crumble away mean?

   • Crumble away means the same as crumble . Britain's coastline stretches 4000 kilometres and much of it is crumbling away. [VERB PARTICLE] If something such as a system, relationship, or hope crumbles, it comes to an end. Their economy crumbled under the weight of sanctions. [VERB] Twitter was rife with rumours about the regime crumbling. [VERB]

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   What does it mean if a building is crumbling?

   • If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off. The high- and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling. [VERB] The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour. [VERB preposition/adverb] Crumble away means the same as crumble .

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   What does it mean if an ancient empire was crumbling?

   • lose strength: The ancient empire was crumbling from within. crum•ble (krum′ bəl), v., -bled, -bling, n. to break into small fragments or crumbs. break or part into small fragments. to decay or disintegrate gradually: The ancient walls had crumbled.

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   to break, or cause something to break, into small pieces: She nervously crumbled the bread between her fingers. The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting to crumble. [ I ] to become weaker in strength or influence: Support for the government is crumbling. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Tearing and breaking into pieces.

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   crum•ble (krum′ bəl), v., -bled, -bling, n. v.t. to break into small fragments or crumbs. v.i. to fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments. to decay or disintegrate gradually: The ancient walls had crumbled. n. a crumbly or crumbled substance.

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   adjective. These are words and phrases related to crumbling. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. OLD. Synonyms. weather-beaten. deteriorated. battered. ramshackle. tumbledown. rundown. broken-down. old. worn-out. outworn. decrepit. dilapidated. used. much-used. timeworn. weathered. beat-up. Slang. familiar. hackneyed. Antonyms.

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   May 24, 2024 · 1. transitive verb/intransitive verb. If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces. Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments. Synonyms: crush, fragment, crumb, pulverize More Synonyms of crumble. 2. intransitive verb. If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off.

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   Definition of crumble verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Aug 31, 2023 · crumbling. present participle and gerund of crumble; Noun [edit] crumbling (plural crumblings) Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.

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   6 days ago · (adjective) in the sense of disintegrating. the building's leaking roofs, broken windows, and crumbling stonework. Synonyms. disintegrating. collapsing. deteriorating. decaying. eroding. decomposing. mouldering. See examples for synonyms. Copyright © 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. Additional synonyms.