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• v  fall apart
  the building crumbled after the explosion
• v  break or fall apart into fragments
  The cookies crumbled
• v  fall into decay or ruin

• No matter how much you subvert the laws of physics, it won't crumble.
• The firm expected sales of relatively costly edibles like pesticide-free beef, oils and veggies to crumble as more folks started minding their wallets.
• Forget Professor Moriarty or Hannibal Lecter; Johan could crumble them both for breakfast.

• crumple
• tumble
• break down
• collapse
• fall apart
• decay
• dilapidate

News & Articles

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• Peg McEntee: R-r-r-rough roads show we need higher t-t-t-taxes
  Peg McEntee: R-r-r-rough roads show we need higher t-t-t-taxes by Peg Mcentee Tribune Columnist Published Jun 12, 2013 07:27PM MDT Sometimes you have to spend a little money now to save a lot later. That’s the case with Salt Lake City streets, which, due to deferred maintenance, have pits, potholes, bumps and, in some cases, are beginning to crumble. On Tuesday night, five of seven City Council ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• Down with the old: Demolition clears way for city facility
  Ben Blum sure knows how to bring down the house. With the first few deft swipes of his excavator, a former residence at 110 First Ave. began to crumble before onlookers’ eyes.
  June 13, 2013 - Baraboo News Republic
• 3 Charts The China Bulls Do Not Want You To See
  As trade sanctions rise , ghost cities crumble, shadow banking surges, and the PBOC loses control of the most centrally-planned economy in the world amid their own version of 'peak debt' , it appears yet another pillar of the China-is-the-world's-growth-engine meme is crumbling. As Manpower recently reported , the belief in a mass 'urbanization' dream is absolutely not occurring . In fact, based ...
  June 11, 2013 - Zero Hedge

Quotes

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• Tyler Hansbrough in Forbes
  This is very frustrating,North Carolina center Tyler Hansbrough said. "We can't crumble whenever the game gets tight. We have to be tough."
• Julianne Moore in FOXNews
  Look at what happens in war, and how whole towns are raped,Moore said. "We have this idea that we've got it together, but you see what happens when there is a natural disaster. Things crumble. Things literally crumble. So the sense that,...
• Arsene Wenger in International Herald Tribune
  Of course Manchester United will still be strong challengers for the title,Wenger said. "This will be a big disappointment for United - but do not expect them to crumble because of it. But it is good for the interest of the Premier League,...