crumbled,ppl.a.|ˈkrʌmb(ə)ld| [f.prec. + -ed1.] Reduced to minute crumbs or fragments; pulverized, disintegrated. c1420[see crumble v. 1].1667Milton P.L. vii. 468 The crumbled earth.1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xx. (1856) 156 Four circular mounds..of the crumbled lime-stones.