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to become worse or of less value
the stock of the energy company crumbled after the revelations of fraud and mismanagement
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Recent Examples of crumbled
Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Our adaptation of the recipe gives you the option to top the beans with crumbled bacon in addition to cooking them in bacon fat.
—Saveur, 8 Aug. 2025
Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Earlier this month, parts of several properties’ backyards in the wealthy enclave of Rancho Palo Verdes, 25 miles south of Los Angeles, crumbled into the ocean due to a landslide.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
As regional leaders were entrusted with more power, Rome’s centralized influence waned until the whole thing crumbled.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
The brick crumbled and left behind red flakes on her palm.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
But in 1991, as the Iron Curtain crumbled, Yugoslavia’s six constituent states—Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Macedonia, and Montenegro—tumbled toward war.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
While Dalton was inept in his fill-in duty, the Panthers’ defense also crumbled, especially against the run.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
However much the White House, sometimes called the People’s House, means to Americans, it can still be crumbled into rubble and trucked away.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
Passersby stared as billows of smoke rose into the air above the White House as part of the home shared by the United States president and his family crumbled to the ground.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
In recent years, life in Cuba has become even more difficult, as the population deals with daily blackouts, shortages of food and medicines and a crumbled infrastructure.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Our adaptation of the recipe gives you the option to top the beans with crumbled bacon in addition to cooking them in bacon fat.
—Saveur, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
But the cut and crumbled cookies show off that color.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Earlier this month, parts of several properties’ backyards in the wealthy enclave of Rancho Palo Verdes, 25 miles south of Los Angeles, crumbled into the ocean due to a landslide.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
As regional leaders were entrusted with more power, Rome’s centralized influence waned until the whole thing crumbled.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
The brick crumbled and left behind red flakes on her palm.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
But in 1991, as the Iron Curtain crumbled, Yugoslavia’s six constituent states—Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Macedonia, and Montenegro—tumbled toward war.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
While Dalton was inept in his fill-in duty, the Panthers’ defense also crumbled, especially against the run.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
However much the White House, sometimes called the People’s House, means to Americans, it can still be crumbled into rubble and trucked away.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
Passersby stared as billows of smoke rose into the air above the White House as part of the home shared by the United States president and his family crumbled to the ground.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crumbled
Verb
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Plus, the company outlook index deteriorated sharply, indicating an increasingly negative sentiment about future conditions.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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In the years before her death, Warren’s relationship with his mother had deteriorated.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The renovation plans call for replacing the sign’s corroded letters and converting the lighting to an LED system.—
Barbara Henry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Those kept in the more acidic water were significantly more corroded, and had far more cracks and holes, especially at the root and tooth base.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The two men launched a coup together in 2021 before a power struggle between them descended into all-out war in 2023.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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After darkness descended, Morris routinely set off flares.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As the lamprey crisis worsened, various chemical companies sent compounds to the lab, which was searching for a panacea.—
Katie Thornton,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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RadarOnline also reported recently that the King’s health has worsened in the last few days, which tracks with this new report about how much of a toll the Prince Andrew scandal is taking on him.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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McKinney’s company was recently suspended from the city's demolition program for allegedly filling sites with contaminated dirt obtained from the redevelopment of Northland Mall.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The new advisory follows recent testing in eastern Kennebec and western Waldo counties, which showed that deer and turkey sampled from areas near contaminated soil had PFAS concentrations in muscle tissue high enough to warrant a public health warning.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Clark declined to comment when asked if some smaller-market clubs bring in more money than large-market clubs.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Through Hobbs, the farmer declined an interview.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The mother of a 30-year-old teacher in Oklahoma is blaming a restaurant’s tainted margarita for her daughter’s unexpected death.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
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The British government recently added eight countries to its list of travel warnings related to the risk of methanol poisoning from tainted alcohol.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Crumbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumbled. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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