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fall apart
Overview of verb fall-apart
The verb fall apart has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fall apart, go to pieces -- (lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died")
2. break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart -- (go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely")
3. crumble, fall apart -- (break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling")
4. break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart -- (become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart")
Antonyms of verb fall-apart
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fall-apart
4 senses of fall apart
Sense 1
fall apart, go to pieces
=> break down, lose it, snap
=> act, behave, do
Sense 2
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> change
Sense 3
crumble, fall apart
=> disintegrate
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 4
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> change integrity
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fall-apart
2 of 4 senses of fall apart
Sense 2
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
=> fray, frazzle
Sense 4
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> burst, split, break open
=> puncture
=> burst, bust
=> smash
=> ladder, run
=> snap, crack
=> break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
=> crush
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fall-apart
4 senses of fall apart
Sense 1
fall apart, go to pieces
=> break down, lose it, snap
Sense 2
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
Sense 3
crumble, fall apart
=> disintegrate
Sense 4
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> change integrity
'Cause To' of verb fall-apart
Derived Forms of verb fall-apart
Domain of verb fall-apart
Domain Terms of verb fall-apart
Familiarity of verb fall-apart
fall apart used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb fall-apart
4 senses of fall apart
Sense 1
fall apart, go to pieces
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
*> Something ----s
Sense 3
crumble, fall apart
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 4
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fall-apart
4 senses of fall apart
Sense 1
fall apart, go to pieces
> break down, lose it, snap
=> dissolve
=> die
=> fall apart, go to pieces
Sense 2
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> deteriorate
=> corrode, rust
=> weather
=> erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
=> wilt, droop
=> ruin
=> break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
Sense 3
crumble, fall apart
> disintegrate
=> powderize, powderise, powder, pulverize, pulverise
=> powderize, pulverize, pulverise, powderise
=> run, unravel
=> crumble, fall apart
=> digest
=> dissolve
=> crash, break up, break apart
Sense 4
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
> change integrity
=> reform
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> explode, burst
=> explode, detonate, blow up, set off
=> cook
=> break up, disperse, scatter
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> pasteurize, pasteurise
=> condense
=> evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
=> burn, incinerate
=> blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
=> disintegrate
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> thicken, inspissate
=> gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
=> liquefy, flux, liquify
=> solidify
=> solidify
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise
=> dissolve, resolve, break up
=> demulsify
=> jellify, jelly
=> jellify
=> separate
=> crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fall-apart
Sense 1
fall apart, go to pieces
=> break down, lose it, snap
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Sense 2
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
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Sense 3
crumble, fall apart
=> disintegrate
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Sense 4
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> change integrity
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