crumbling

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President Obama has proposed a new set of reforms to fix what he calls a crumbling education system.

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  1. transitive verb To break into small fragments or particles.
  2. intransitive verb To fall into small fragments or particles; disintegrate. See Synonyms at decay.
  3. intransitive verb To give way; collapse: an ego that crumbles under pressure.
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  • Lee's marriage was crumbling, and she became pregnant during an extramarital affair. —  Ledger-Enquirer: Breaking News
  • Bridges in this country are crumbling, along with our economy, while some howl about earmarks. —  White Civil Rights
  • The Sharks are crumbling, the Raiders are flaky ... or should that be the other way around? —  Crikey » Canberra Calling
  • This is an empire which is on the one hand the most powerful empire that ever existed; on the other hand an empire that is crumbling -- an empire that has no future because the rest of the world is alienated and simply because this empire is top-heavy with military commitments, with bases around the world, with the exhaustion of its own resources at home. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Parts of it were crumbling, and like the hospital, it had plumbing problems.
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