Antonyms for crumbled
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kruhm-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrʌm bəl |
Definition of crumbled
Origin :- late 15c., kremelen, from Old English *crymelan, presumed frequentative of gecrymman "to break into crumbs," from cruma (see crumb). The -b- is 16c., probably on analogy of French-derived words like humble, where it belongs, or by influence of crumb. Related: Crumbled; crumbling.
- verb break or fall into pieces
- Can you not see how old and crumbled is the stone-work which surrounds it?
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- It shall be remembered when this frame is crumbled into dust.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- The walls of the cell in which he had enclosed his friend had crumbled away.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Such plates may be so badly damaged that they are brittle and crumbled.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- Cities have risen and crumbled upon the ruins of older cities.
- Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke
- There was one other possibility: the ledge at this point might have crumbled and fallen.
- Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
- Since the palace of the Caliphs of Cordova crumbled, there has never been a palace like it.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- The dragon crushed the stone in his hand, so that he crumbled it into powder.
- Extract from : « Roumanian Fairy Tales » by Various
- He knew only that the present had crumbled into ruins around him.
- Extract from : « The Arbiter » by Lady F. E. E. Bell
- The earth was warm under me, and warm as I crumbled it through my fingers.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
Synonyms for crumbled
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