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verb
  1. 1
    to break something into very small pieces, or to be broken into very small pieces

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crumble*

    To break: break, fall apart, shatter, crumble, disintegrate, fragment, splinter, break up, smash... more
    1. a.

      crumble

       or

      ˌcrumble aˈway

       if something hard such as stone or a brick crumbles or crumbles away, parts of it fall off because it is very old or damaged

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crumble*

      To break: break, fall apart, shatter, crumble, disintegrate, fragment, splinter, break up, smash... more
  2. 2
    to stop existing or being effective

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crumble*

    To fail, or to stop being successful: fail, founder, languish, backfire, fizzle, miss, collapse, flop, crash, bomb... more

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