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crumble
[ kruhm-buhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to break into small fragments or crumbs.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used without object)
- to fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments.
Synonyms:
- to decay or disintegrate gradually:
The ancient walls had crumbled.
noun
- a crumbly or crumbled substance.
- crumbles, bits of crisp bacon, bread, etc., added to other foods, especially as a topping.
- British Dialect. crumb; particle; fragment.
crumble
/ ˈ°ì°ùÊŒ³¾²úÉ™±ô /
verb
- to break or be broken into crumbs or fragments
- intr to fall apart or away
his resolution crumbled
noun
- a baked pudding consisting of a crumbly mixture of flour, fat, and sugar over stewed fruit
apple crumble
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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- ³Ü²Ô·³¦°ù³Ü³¾î€ƒb±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of crumble1
Idioms and Phrases
see that's how the ball bounces (cookie crumbles) .Example Sentences
Many previous televangelists, she noted, "have seen their empires crumble under the weight of allegations of hypocrisy, abuse and especially sexual scandal."
Prof Gumede said the ANC would find it difficult to convince the public to pay more taxes when public services were crumbling.
Speaking to a crowd of activists at the same event, Deputy Leader Angela Rayner said Conservative councils had "let public services crumble".
U.S. stock futures crumbled following the news of Trump's widespread tariffs.
Some were also found clutching other people's hands, in what looked like attempts to pull them away from the crumbling building.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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