crumblings
Small falling pieces
Crumblings are fragments that have broken off from something larger, or the process of breaking into such fragments.
The word often describes literal debris—crumblings of old plaster littered the floor—but extends to figurative decay: the crumblings of an empire, crumblings of ancient traditions.
Small remaining pieces
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
- bitsSmall portions or pieces
- piecesParts of something divided
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
morsels · shards · flakes · granules · debris · detritus · rubble · shreds
Gradual wearing away
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- collapseSudden structural failure
- fractureSplit in hard material
- splinteringBreaking into sharp fragments
pulverization · dissolution · shattering · fragmentation · deterioration · weakening · degradation · attrition
Study of physical remnants
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- templesHoly places or head sides
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- excavationAct of unearthing
monuments · castles · fortresses · columns · masonry · pillars · arches · acropolis
scraps
Small remaining pieces
particles · morsels · shards · flakes · granules · debris · detritus · rubble · shreds · slivers
erosion
Gradual wearing away
splintering · pulverization · dissolution · shattering · fragmentation · deterioration · weakening · degradation · attrition · wearing
archaeology
Study of physical remnants
excavation · monuments · castles · fortresses · columns · masonry · pillars · arches · acropolis · palaces
brittle
Liable to shatter
grainy · coarse · dry · mealy · sandy · gritty · flaky · chalky · porous · loose
rot
Organic breakdown process
- moldForm-giving container
- mildewFungus from dampness
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
spoilage · putrefaction · fungus · blight · perish · degrade · fester · disrepair · corrosion · oxidation
crumblingsconsolidations
Unifications into wholes
solidifications · constructions · formations · monoliths · fusings
- crumbling wallsStructures breaking into pieces
- crumbling bridges