fall apart

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verb

1. lose one's emotional or mental composure
- She fell apart when her only child died
• Syn:
go to pieces
• Hypernyms:
break down, lose it, snap
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. break or fall apart into fragments
- The cookies crumbled
- The Sphinx is crumbling
• Syn:
crumble
• Hypernyms:
disintegrate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
3. go to pieces
- The lawn mower finally broke
- The gears wore out
- The old chair finally fell apart completely
• Syn:
break, wear, wear out, bust
• See Also:
wear away (for: wear), wear off (for: wear), break away (for: break), break off (for: break), break up (for: break), break apart (for: break)
• Derivationally related forms:
wear (for: wear), breakable (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
decay, crumble, dilapidate
• Hyponyms:
fray, frazzle
• Verb Group:
break, bust
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. become separated into pieces or fragments
- The figurine broke
- The freshly baked loaf fell apart
• Syn:
break, separate, split up, come apart
• See Also:
break up (for: break)
• Derivationally related forms:
breakable (for: break), break (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
burst, split, break open, puncture, bust,
smash, ladder, run, snap, crack, break up,
fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise, crush
• Verb Group:
break
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s