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crumble - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: crumble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: break or fall into pieces
Synonyms: break up, collapse, crumb, crush, decay, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, dissolve, fragment, go to pieces, granulate, grind, molder, perish, powder, pulverize, putrefy, triturate, tumble
Antonyms: build, put together
Main Entry: chip
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: knock a piece out of
Synonyms: break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crumble, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle, crack off, cut away, hackle, snick
Main Entry: decrease
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grow less or make less
Synonyms: abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lower, modify, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, waste, weaken, wear down, wither, devaluate, die down, dry up, lose edge, narrow down, run low, slack off, slow down, tail off, wear away
Antonyms: add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise
Main Entry: deteriorate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decay, degenerate
Synonyms: adulterate, alloy, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go to pieces*, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, worsen, be worse for wear, become worse, disimprove, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, lose it, lose quality, wear away
Notes: to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality
Antonyms: build, construct, develop, improve, get better
Main Entry: disintegrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fall apart; reduce to pieces
Synonyms: atomize, break up, crumble, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, descend, detach, disband, disconnect, dismantle, disorganize, disperse, disunite, divide, molder, pulverize, putrefy, rot, separate, sever, shatter, sink, splinter, spoil, taint, turn, wither, worsen, break apart, break down, come apart, deliquesce, dilapidate, disimprove, fade away, fall to pieces, take apart, turn to dust, wash away, wash out
Antonyms: combine, meld, unite
Main Entry: dispel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: drive away thought, belief
Synonyms: allay, banish, break up*, cancel, crumble, deploy, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, distribute, eject, eliminate, expel, oust, repel, resolve, rout, scatter, scramble, split up*, beat off*, break it up, bust up, chase away
Antonyms: accumulate, collect, garner, gather, recall
Main Entry: erode
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deteriorate; wear away
Synonyms: abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, destroy, disintegrate, eat, gnaw, scour, spoil, waste, wear down, grind down
Antonyms: build, construct, fix, rebuild
Main Entry: fragment
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: break into pieces
Synonyms: burst, crumble, disintegrate, disunite, divide, rend, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter, split, split up, come apart, rive
Antonyms: complete, total
Main Entry: granulate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: crush into tiny pieces
Synonyms: atomize, crumble, crystallize, disintegrate, grate, grind, pound, powder, pulverize, triturate, comminute, make coarse, make grainy
Main Entry: perish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: die, decline, decay
Synonyms: bite the dust*, buy the farm*, cease, check out*, collapse, corrupt, croak, crumble, decease, decompose, demise, depart, disappear, disintegrate, end, expire, fall, go, go under, kick the bucket*, pass, pass away, rot, succumb, vanish, waste*, wither, OD, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, break down, give up the ghost, lose life, pass on
Antonyms: revive, give birth
Main Entry: powder
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: crush into fine grains; sprinkle fine grains
Synonyms: abrade, bray, cover, crumble, crunch, dredge, dust, file, granulate, grate, grind, pound, pulverize, rasp, reduce, scatter, scrape, smash, strew, triturate, comminute, flour, pestle
Antonyms: solidify
Main Entry: putrefy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rot
Synonyms: corrupt, crumble, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, molder, spoil, stink, taint, turn, break down, go bad, putresce
Main Entry: rot
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: corrode, deteriorate
Synonyms: corrupt, crumble, debase, debauch, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, demoralize, deprave, descend, disintegrate, fester, languish, molder, perish, pervert, putrefy, retrograde, sink, spoil, stain, taint, turn, warp, wither, worsen, break down, disimprove, go bad, go downhill, go to pot, waste away
Antonyms: build, flourish, grow
Main Entry: taint
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dirty, contaminate; ruin
Synonyms: adulterate, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blight, blot, blur, brand, cloud, cook, corrupt, crumble, cut, damage, debase, decay, decompose, defile, deprave, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disintegrate, doctor, foul, harm, hurt, infect, muddy, poison, pollute, putrefy, rot, shame, smear, soil, spike, spoil, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, trash*, turn, water, water down, break down, cast a slur, crud up, give a bad name, tar
Antonyms: clean, right
Main Entry: weaken
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reduce the strength of
Synonyms: abate, adulterate, break up, cripple, crumble, cut, debase, debilitate, decline, decrease, depress, devitalize, dilute, diminish, droop, dwindle, enervate, exhaust, fade, fail, faint, flag, halt, impair, impoverish, invalidate, languish, lessen, limp, lose, lower, minimize, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relapse, relax, sap, soften, temper, thin, tire, totter, tremble, undermine, vitiate, wane, water down, wilt, ease up, give way, lose spirit, slow down, thin out
Antonyms: build up, strengthen
Main Entry: fall apart
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disintegrate
Synonyms: break, collapse, crack up, crumble, go to pieces, break down
Main Entry: molder
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decay
Synonyms: crumble, decompose, disintegrate, break down, waste away
Main Entry: crush
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: compress, smash
Synonyms: beat, bray, break, bruise, buck, crease, crowd, crumble, crunch, embrace, enfold, express, hug, jam, mash, pound, powder, press, pulverize, push, romp, rumple, squash, squeeze, squish, total*, trample, tread, triturate, wrinkle, comminute, contriturate, contuse, kablooey
Antonyms: release, let go, uncompress, unwrinkle
Main Entry: decompose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rot, break up
Synonyms: crumble, decay, disintegrate, dissolve, fall apart, fester, molder, putrefy, spoil, taint, turn, break down, putresce
Antonyms: combine, develop, grow, improve
Main Entry: grind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: crush, pulverize
Synonyms: abrade, atomize, attenuate, beat, bray, crumble, crumple, disintegrate, file, granulate, grate, mill, pound, powder, pulverize*, rasp, reduce, scrape, shiver, triturate, chop up, comminute, kibble, levigate, pestle, roll out*
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