When they start to swap clothes, it's a sign that defenses are crumbling.

The Russian defense crumbled and fell under the impact of our concentrated fire.

"This case may cause that legal defense to crumble."

Her last defenses crumbled like seawalls of sand, and he held them down.

That their defenses would crumble before an onslaught of grendels.

But they acknowledged that their defenses against a big tax cut were crumbling.

After an 18-minute battle, the defenses crumbled and a massacre ensued.

If he said any more, all her defenses would crumble, and she'd start bawling like a baby.

The Mage's defenses manage to put up a fight but are crumbling.

But he had caught her off guard and her defenses crumbled at his second shaft.