Definition of Crumble

Crumble

To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.

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Crumble Quotations

Doesn't all experience crumble in the end to mere literary material?
Ellen Glasgow

I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?
Maureen O'Hara

If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble.
Henry Kravis

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.
Max Weber

If you're playing within your capability, what's the point? If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that it might just crumble at any moment, then you're not really doing your job.
Nigel Kennedy

I'm just going to crumble like a wreck. I'll go home, become an alcoholic and maybe! jump of a bridge.
Gordon Strachan

Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.
Anthony Sampson