Crumble
verb
To break something into small parts.
The cookie crumbled in my hands.
Often appears as...
- crumble into pieces
- crumble to dust
verb
To fall apart, usually used when you are talking about someone losing control emotionally.
He crumbled under the pressure of the final exam.
Often appears as...
- crumble under pressure
- crumble under stress
noun
A type of dessert with fruit and a crunchy topping.
She baked a delicious apple crumble.
Often appears as...
- apple crumble
- peach crumble
verb
To break something into small parts.
The cookie crumbled in my hands.
Often appears as...
- crumble into pieces
- crumble to dust
verb
To fall apart, usually used when you are talking about someone losing control emotionally.
He crumbled under the pressure of the final exam.
Often appears as...
- crumble under pressure
- crumble under stress
noun
A type of dessert with fruit and a crunchy topping.
She baked a delicious apple crumble.
Often appears as...
- apple crumble
- peach crumble
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Breakdown
Used when something solid breaks into smaller pieces, often unpredictably or without much force.
With a gentle touch, the brittle leaf crumbled.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Metaphorically applies to situations or things falling apart, not just physical objects.
Their plans crumbled after the funding was cut.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a gradual or unexpected failure, highlighting a sense of disappointment.
The ancient ruins had crumbled over centuries.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Breakdown
Used when something solid breaks into smaller pieces, often unpredictably or without much force.
With a gentle touch, the brittle leaf crumbled.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Metaphorically applies to situations or things falling apart, not just physical objects.
Their plans crumbled after the funding was cut.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a gradual or unexpected failure, highlighting a sense of disappointment.
The ancient ruins had crumbled over centuries.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Breakdown
Used when something solid breaks into smaller pieces, often unpredictably or without much force.
With a gentle touch, the brittle leaf crumbled.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Metaphorically applies to situations or things falling apart, not just physical objects.
Their plans crumbled after the funding was cut.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a gradual or unexpected failure, highlighting a sense of disappointment.
The ancient ruins had crumbled over centuries.
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The lies our culture...
So what do you do? Well, the first thing you do is you throw yourself on your friends and you have deeper conversations that you ever had before. But the second thing you do, you have to go out alone into the wilderness. You go out into that place where there's nobody there to perform, and the ego has nothing to do, and it crumbles,
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
herbivore in the in the beds in issue Galasso this is a closer look at the dorsal vertebra to show you what a cross-section looks like through here I mean you can't pick up these vertebrae when they're fossil they just they just crumble in life there were been stronger than that but they are really a
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Phil Plait: How to...
it crumbled, and then the pieces fell apart and did some damage. Now, you wouldn't want that falling on your foot or your head, because it would do that to it. That would be bad. But it won't wipe out, you know, all life on Earth, so that's fine.
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A tale of mental illness...
he'll say I was as bad as any he had ever seen. 'Hi,' I said, and then I returned to the couch, where I sat in silence for several moments. 'Thank you for coming, Steve. Crumbling world, word, voice. Tell the clocks to stop.
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See an Apocalyptic World...
the city postulates a world post mankind something has happened that's a decimated the human population so these are the city after man is gone and it's just the way that buildings age and crumble and nature takes back some
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What would happen if...
And as sunken skyscrapers add crumbled concrete to the new forest floor, the soil acidity plummets, potentially allowing new plant life to thrive. This post-human biodiversity extends into the animal kingdom, as well.
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
I pieced together fragmented, transitory images, consciously analyzed the clues, searched for some logic in my crumbling kaleidoscope, until I saw nothing at all. I learned that what we see is not universal truth.
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Deep Sea Diving For Food...
it happens here under the crumbling ice of the nursery for fish and krill their refuge is melting and they aren't safe anymore from the penguins seals and whales the ice is also releasing a boost of
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Fighting injustice with...
forgetting that foundations that might seem unshakably strong today could easily crumble why we sleep that our comfort is fragile the dis concerns us
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Wasp Builds Unique Nest...
again saliva is an important ingredient it prevents the mud from crumbling when it dries with jaws scissoring away on
Video examples
The lies our culture...
So what do you do? Well, the first thing you do is you throw yourself on your friends and you have deeper conversations that you ever had before. But the second thing you do, you have to go out alone into the wilderness. You go out into that place where there's nobody there to perform, and the ego has nothing to do, and it crumbles,
Video examples
Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
herbivore in the in the beds in issue Galasso this is a closer look at the dorsal vertebra to show you what a cross-section looks like through here I mean you can't pick up these vertebrae when they're fossil they just they just crumble in life there were been stronger than that but they are really a
Video examples
Phil Plait: How to...
it crumbled, and then the pieces fell apart and did some damage. Now, you wouldn't want that falling on your foot or your head, because it would do that to it. That would be bad. But it won't wipe out, you know, all life on Earth, so that's fine.
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
he'll say I was as bad as any he had ever seen. 'Hi,' I said, and then I returned to the couch, where I sat in silence for several moments. 'Thank you for coming, Steve. Crumbling world, word, voice. Tell the clocks to stop.
Video examples
See an Apocalyptic World...
the city postulates a world post mankind something has happened that's a decimated the human population so these are the city after man is gone and it's just the way that buildings age and crumble and nature takes back some
Video examples
What would happen if...
And as sunken skyscrapers add crumbled concrete to the new forest floor, the soil acidity plummets, potentially allowing new plant life to thrive. This post-human biodiversity extends into the animal kingdom, as well.
Video examples
Isaac Lidsky: What...
I pieced together fragmented, transitory images, consciously analyzed the clues, searched for some logic in my crumbling kaleidoscope, until I saw nothing at all. I learned that what we see is not universal truth.
Video examples
Deep Sea Diving For Food...
it happens here under the crumbling ice of the nursery for fish and krill their refuge is melting and they aren't safe anymore from the penguins seals and whales the ice is also releasing a boost of
Video examples
Fighting injustice with...
forgetting that foundations that might seem unshakably strong today could easily crumble why we sleep that our comfort is fragile the dis concerns us
Video examples
Wasp Builds Unique Nest...
again saliva is an important ingredient it prevents the mud from crumbling when it dries with jaws scissoring away on
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Quote examples
Michael Palmer
American Novelist
You're taught from the day you start medical school that you're a god, that you can have power over life and death. So when your life starts to crumble, and the highest power you see is looking back in the mirror - and you know that power is flawed - it is very hard to get past that.
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Max Weber
German Economist
Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say In spite of all! has the calling for politics.
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Terri Blackstock
American Writer
One of the themes in my novels is that our crises can turn into blessings. We can feel like our world has crumbled, but ten years down the road when we look back on that time, we can see God's hand at work. I love writing that theme into my books.
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Shakira
Musician
Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won't crumble around me.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
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Alexandra Roach
Welsh Actress
I think the most important thing is to have fun, and not to take things too seriously. Once you start doing that, then you'll start to crumble.
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Raven Goodwin
American Actress
If you truly want to succeed, you have to stay humble - humble or crumble - because it can all go away in the blink of an eye.
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Lara Trump
American Producer
Would higher taxes and a crumbling economy help women succeed, either personally or professionally? I don't think so.
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Tyson Chandler
American Athlete
I think the world is crumbling when I have a bad game.
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Lukas Forchhammer
Danish Musician
When my dad died, my world crumbled.
Quote examples
Michael Palmer
American Novelist
You're taught from the day you start medical school that you're a god, that you can have power over life and death. So when your life starts to crumble, and the highest power you see is looking back in the mirror - and you know that power is flawed - it is very hard to get past that.
Quote examples
Max Weber
German Economist
Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say In spite of all! has the calling for politics.
Quote examples
Terri Blackstock
American Writer
One of the themes in my novels is that our crises can turn into blessings. We can feel like our world has crumbled, but ten years down the road when we look back on that time, we can see God's hand at work. I love writing that theme into my books.
Quote examples
Shakira
Musician
Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won't crumble around me.
Quote examples
Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
Quote examples
Alexandra Roach
Welsh Actress
I think the most important thing is to have fun, and not to take things too seriously. Once you start doing that, then you'll start to crumble.
Quote examples
Raven Goodwin
American Actress
If you truly want to succeed, you have to stay humble - humble or crumble - because it can all go away in the blink of an eye.
Quote examples
Lara Trump
American Producer
Would higher taxes and a crumbling economy help women succeed, either personally or professionally? I don't think so.
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Tyson Chandler
American Athlete
I think the world is crumbling when I have a bad game.
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Lukas Forchhammer
Danish Musician
When my dad died, my world crumbled.
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