From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crumble \Crum"ble\ (kr[u^]m"b'l), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Crumbled} (kr[u^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbling} (kr[u^]m"bl[i^]ng).] [Dim. of crumb, verb (used with an object), akin to D. kruimelen G. kr["u]meln.] To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And crumble all thy sinews. --Milton.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "crumbling": ablation, abrasion, atomization, attrition, beating, breakup, brecciation, coming apart, comminution, corrosion, cracking, crushing, decadent, decay, declining, decomposition, decrepit, degenerate, degradation, deteriorating, detrition, dilapidated, dilapidation, disintegrating, disintegration, disjunction, disorganization, dissolution, draining, drooping, dusty, dwindling, ebbing, effete, erosion, fading, failing, falling, flagging, fragmentation, fragmenting, fusty, going to pieces, gone to seed, granulation, granulization, grating, grinding, incoherence, infirm, languishing, levigation, marcescent, mashing, mildewed, moldering, moldy, moss-grown, moth-eaten, musty, pining, poor, poorish, pounding, powdering, ravages of time, regressive, resolution, retrograde, retrogressive, rotten, rotten at, ruined, ruinous, rusty, shredding, shriveling, sinking, sliding, slipping, slumping, smashing, stale, subsiding, tabetic, time-scarred, timeworn, trituration, unfirm, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsturdy, unsubstantial, waning, wasting, wear, wear and tear, wilting, withering, worn, worsening
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