Crumble and Fail

Crumble

Crumble verb - To become worse or of less value.
Usage example: the stock of the energy company crumbled after the revelations of fraud and mismanagement

Fail and crumble are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fail" instead a verb "Crumble".

Nearby Words: crumbling, crumb, crumbly

Fail

Fail verb - To be unsuccessful.
Usage example: despite all the publicity, the movie failed miserably at the box office

Crumble and fail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crumble" instead a verb "Fail".

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

Common collocations

thanks crumble thanks fail thanks
stage crumble stage fail stage
end crumble end fail end
moment crumble moment fail moment
Other words: time, way.
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