tumble-down in English

adjective
1
(of a building or structure) falling or fallen into ruin; dilapidated.
The streets are a hodgepodge of cheap housing next to restored buildings, interspersed with tumbledown shacks.
synonyms:dilapidatedramshackledecrepitneglectedbeat-uprun-downfalling to piecesdecayingderelictcrumblingricketyshaky
adjective
adjective

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1. They tumble down mountainsides; they meander through flat farmlands.

2. At any moment the whole building could tumble down.

3. The outer walls looked likely to tumble down in a stiff wind.

4. Turning point; and the world was about to tumble down around our ears.

5. Leaking pipes cause the same reaction in concrete buildings, and within 200 winters, most skyscrapers buckle and tumble down.

6. In the doorway stands 2-year-old Davell Payne, a few feet from a potentially fatal tumble down the stairwell.

7. 14 Ancient economies were routinely ravaged by high inflation, which almost always shakes the political structure until its leaders tumble down.

8. Snow-capped mountains loom in the distance while smaller hills tumble down towards the town, criss-crossed by paths and nibbled away by quarries at their bases.

9. As he did, he tripped and fell backward over the edge of a cliff, suffering a free fall of about 40 feet (12 m) and then an out-of-control tumble down the icy slope for another 300 feet (91 m).

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