Akademik

fall apart
verb
1. lose one's emotional or mental composure
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She fell apart when her only child died

• Syn: ↑go to pieces
• Hypernyms: ↑break down, ↑lose it, ↑snap
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

2. break or fall apart into fragments
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The cookies crumbled

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The Sphinx is crumbling

• Syn: ↑crumble
• Hypernyms: ↑disintegrate
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

3. go to pieces
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The lawn mower finally broke

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The gears wore out

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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:
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Something ——s

4. become separated into pieces or fragments
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The figurine broke

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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:
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Something ——s


Useful english dictionary. 2012.