📖 Definitions of "Fall apart"
verb
- 1
To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
"My old briefcase is falling apart. I'll have to buy a new one."
- 2
To be emotionally in crisis.
"As a result of being addicted to heroin, she was falling apart."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fall apart"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| crumbleverb | A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar. |
| go to piecesverb | To become very upset or emotional, to have a breakdown. |
| breakverb | (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly. |
| split upverb | (intransitive, idiomatic, Of a group of people) Cease to be together, break apart from the group. |
| dissolveverb | (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid. |
| wear outverb | To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use. |
| come apartverb | (intransitive) To break, separate. |
| separateverb | (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts. |
| wearverb | (transitive) To have on: |
| bustnoun | (transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break. |
| disintegrateverb | (intransitive) To fall apart; to break up into parts. |
| come undoneverb | (figurative) To come to ruin, to fail; to lose one's composure or self-control. |
| fell to piecesverb | To fall apart. |
| fall to piecesverb | (figurative) To be emotionally devastated; to break down. |
| break upverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship. |
| fall to bitsverb | (informal) To fall apart. |
| cut upverb | (transitive) To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections. |
| decomposeverb | (transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components. |
| fragmentnoun | A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not |
| break downverb | (intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning. |
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