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The Japanese word

崩れる
is pronounced
kuzureru | くずれる
means
to collapse, to crumble
Examples:
防御が崩れた。
bōgyo ga kuzure ta.
Their defense came apart.
壁が地震で崩れた。
kabe ga jishin de kuzure ta.
The wall gave way in the earthquake.
天気が崩れそうだね。
tenki ga kuzure sō da ne.
It seems the weather will deteriorate. | It seems to me that the weather will deteriorate.
明日は天気が崩れそうだな。
ashita wa tenki ga kuzure sō da na.
Looks like the weather's going to be bad tomorrow.
本の山は今にも崩れそうに見える。
hon no yama wa imanimo kuzure sō ni mieru.
Those books look as if they're going to topple over any minute.
彼女は床に崩れるようにして倒れた。
kanojo wa yuka ni kuzureru yō ni shi te taore ta.
She fell in a heap to the floor.
彼は彼女の足元に崩れるように倒れた。
kare wa kanojo no ashimoto ni kuzureru yō ni taore ta.
He collapsed at her feet.
同時通訳によって言語の障壁が崩れた。
dōji tsūyaku niyotte gengo no shōheki ga kuzure ta.
Simultaneous translation broke linguistic walls.
このセーターは伸びてすっかり型崩れしている。
kono sētā wa nobi te sukkari kata kuzure shi te iru.
This sweater is all stretched out of shape.
そのバス停で人々は整列して待っていたが、バスが止まるとすぐにその列は崩れた。
sono basutei de hitobito wa seiretsu shi te matte i ta ga, basu ga tomaru to sugu ni sono retsu wa kuzure ta.
At the bus stop, people waited in orderly lines, but as soon as the bus pulled up, the line broke up.
これは一介の負けだけじゃない。一生保った平衡を失って、何もかもが崩れ始めている。
kore wa ikkai no make dake ja nai. isshō tamotta heikō o ushinatte, nanimokamo ga kuzure hajime te iru.
This isn't just a simple defeat: I lost the balance I have maintained for my whole life and now absolutely everything is collapsing.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org