Synonyms for crumble

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kruhm-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrʌm bəl

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Définition of crumble

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

Example sentences :

With every lurch of her feet, Andrew expected to feel her crumble beneath him.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

It seemed too bright for a thing formed of dust, and doomed to crumble into dust again.
Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Not yet to be, and nevertheless to crumble away in this fashion under the sky!
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

And if he did, are these walls that will crumble at a few cannon-shots?
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

Is it in this wise that a house noble for centuries is to crumble into ruin?
Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever

It was quite sufficient for them to see a Tibetan to crumble into nothing.
Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

It seemed as if every joy I had was destined to crumble in my hand.
Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed

Remember that it is uncertain as to size and that the walls are liable to crumble.
Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman

The luxury of Broadwood would have to crumble: his mind was very clear about that.
Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James

All at once my bones seemed to crumble and my flesh dissolve.
Extract from : « Trapped in 'Black Russia' » by Ruth Pierce

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