crumbling
adjective
[ ˈkrʌmb(ə)lɪŋ ]
• breaking or falling apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.
• "their crumbling ancestral home"
crumble
verb
• break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.
• "the plaster started to crumble"
Similar:
disintegrate,
fall down,
fall to pieces,
fall apart,
collapse,
break down/up,
tumble down,
fragment,
decay,
fall into decay,
deteriorate,
degenerate,
go to rack and ruin,
decompose,
rot,
rot away,
come apart at the seams,
moulder,
perish,
come to dust,
Origin:
late Middle English: probably from an Old English word related to crumb.
