| crumble | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. break down, collapse, crumble, crumple, tumble | fall apart.; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| v. (change) | 2. crumble, fall apart | break or fall apart into fragments.; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" |
| ~ disintegrate | break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity.; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" |
| v. (change) | 3. crumble, decay, dilapidate | fall into decay or ruin.; "The unoccupied house started to decay" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ deteriorate | become worse or disintegrate.; "His mind deteriorated" |
| ~ rust, corrode | become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid.; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" |
| ~ weather | change under the action or influence of the weather.; "A weathered old hut" |
| ~ eat at, erode, gnaw at, gnaw, wear away | become ground down or deteriorate.; "Her confidence eroded" |
| ~ wilt, droop | become limp.; "The flowers wilted" |
| ~ ruin | fall into ruin. |
| ~ fall apart, wear out, bust, wear, break | go to pieces.; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" |
| mangle | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. mangle | clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers. |
| ~ clothes drier, clothes dryer | a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing. |
| v. (contact) | 2. mangle | press with a mangle.; "mangle the sheets" |
| ~ iron, iron out, press | press and smooth with a heated iron.; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing" |
| v. (contact) | 3. mangle, maul | injure badly by beating. |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| ~ mar, mutilate | destroy or injure severely.; "mutilated bodies" |
| ~ blemish, deface, disfigure | mar or spoil the appearance of.; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" |
| v. (change) | 4. mangle, murder, mutilate | alter so as to make unrecognizable.; "The tourists murdered the French language" |
| ~ distort, falsify, garble, warp | make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. |
| v. (change) | 5. cut up, mangle, mutilate | destroy or injure severely.; "The madman mutilates art work" |
| ~ damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| shatter | | |
| v. (change) | 1. shatter | break into many pieces.; "The wine glass shattered" |
| ~ bust, burst | break open or apart suddenly and forcefully.; "The dam burst" |
| v. (change) | 2. shatter | damage or destroy.; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life" |
| ~ damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| v. (change) | 3. shatter | cause to break into many pieces.; "shatter the plate" |
| ~ break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" |
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