crumble into dust
verb
Roget 49: decompose, decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze [Chem]; dissect, decentralize, break up; disperse etc. 73; ... show more
Roget 328: be brittle etc. adj.; live in a glass house. break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, ... show more
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