Synonyms for fall apart
fall apart

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1. fall apartverb

   Synonyms:
   crack up, break up, come apart, fall to pieces, break, disintegrate, break apart, come apart at the seams, fall to bits

2. fall apartverb

   To break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state.

   My old briefcase is falling apart. I'll have to buy a new one.

   Synonyms:
   come apart at the seams, break, break apart, fall to bits, crack up, come apart, break up, disintegrate, fall to pieces

3. fall apartverb

   To be emotionally in crisis.

   As a result of being addicted to heroin, she was falling apart.

   Synonyms:
   break apart, fall to bits, break up, come apart at the seams, break, come apart, fall to pieces, crack up, disintegrate

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1. fall apart, go to piecesverb

   lose one's emotional or mental composure

   "She fell apart when her only child died"

   Synonyms:
   separate, bust, wear, wear out, crumble, split up, go to pieces, break, come apart

2. break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apartverb

   go to pieces

   "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

   Synonyms:
   crack, raid, tire out, break away, give way, hold out, soften, reveal, develop, unwrap, conk out, assume, jade, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, tire, break out, separate, don, split, give away, damp, wear off, smash, get into, interrupt, have on, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, let on, get around, wear out, cave in, wear down, break-dance, break up, check, wear thin, give out, break in, give, split up, wear upon, better, burst, go bad, endure, rupture, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, weary, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, fatigue, break down, fall in, tear, put on, bump, let out, ruin, fag out, offend, kick downstairs, bear, part, infract, outwear, fail, come apart, bankrupt, crumble, go to pieces, expose, break, discontinue, intermit, snap, wear

3. crumble, fall apartverb

   break or fall apart into fragments

   "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"

   Synonyms:
   break down, decay, separate, crumple, bust, tumble, wear, dilapidate, collapse, crumble, split up, go to pieces, break, come apart, wear out

4. break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apartverb

   become separated into pieces or fragments

   "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

   Synonyms:
   crack, break away, give way, soften, reveal, develop, single out, unwrap, conk out, expose, die, distinguish, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, ramify, demote, break out, separate, split, sort out, give away, damp, smash, interrupt, carve up, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, discriminate, bring out, violate, class, divulge, divorce, pause, let on, get around, wear out, cave in, sort, fork, tell apart, break-dance, break up, check, give out, break in, give, split up, branch, secern, better, furcate, burst, go bad, tell, secernate, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, collapse, recrudesce, break dance, divide, go against, dampen, severalize, break down, assort, fall in, bump, let out, dissever, severalise, ruin, kick downstairs, disunite, part, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, crumble, differentiate, break, discontinue, intermit, go to pieces, wear, classify

Matched Categories

1. • Change Integrity
   • Decay
   • Disintegrate
   • Lose It

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1. Pankaj Kapahi:

   At best, they’re telling you something about a very small aspect of aging, for example, grip strength is also a biological age predictor, how active you are is a predictor, and we all know people who fall apart physically but are cognitively all there, so you also need to test cognitive aging.

2. Jason Furman.However:

   I don't think the world will fall apart if we have 3 % or 4 % inflation. We've just gotten used to low inflation.

3. Aleksandr Kogan:

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4. Geoffrey Allred:

   If you take care of [your down jacket] the right way, the down inside will outlast the fabric, it’s more than likely the fabric will start to fall apart and wear down faster than the down will if you give it the proper care it needs. And then, if you’re taking care of the fabric the right way too, theoretically, down jackets can be generational products.

5. Matthys Levy:

   Once deterioration like this starts, it's insidious, it just continues. Unless you do something about Champlain Towers South engineering firm, the whole thing is going to fall apart, all of the concrete is going to fall apart.