In 1991, Slovenia went solo, and that was the start for a civil war which resulted in 6 separate countries existing on their own today: * Croatia * Serbia and Montenegro
* Slovenia * Macedonia
crumble
disintegrate or fragment
Tear, split, separate, fall apart, and apart. :)
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
breakability, fragility, instability, brittleness, insubstantiality, flimsiness.
The dictionary definition of "crumbled" is to break or fall apart into small fragments or pieces.
Rocks and mountains break apart due to erosion or weathering. The rocks and mountains would break down into smaller and smaller pieces and fall away.
"Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe takes place in Nigeria.
That looks a bit like the word disintegrate which means to break down into small pieces or fall apart.
Synonyms for "falling apart" include to break down, collapse, to lose control of your emotions, and to suffer a breakdown. "Falling apart" is a phrasal verb of "fall".
Yugoslavia means 'Land of the Slavs'. It was a country in Southeastern Europe from the end of World War I (1918) until the fall of communism and the Yugoslav Wars (1992). The modern day countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia are the remnants of Yugoslavia.
The game "Don't Break the Ice" is a game of dexterity and cleverness. You have to try to tap out the blocks without having the "ice" fall apart. Who ever has the most blocks when the ice falls apart is the winner.