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fall apart

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fall apart, go to piecesverb

    lose one's emotional or mental composure

    "She fell apart when her only child died"

  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"

  3. crumble, fall apartverb

    break or fall apart into fragments

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

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

    become separated into pieces or fragments

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

Wiktionary

  1. fall apartverb

    To break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state.

  2. fall apartverb

    To be emotionally in crisis.

ChatGPT

  1. fall apart

    To fall apart means to break down, disintegrate, or collapse, either physically or metaphorically. It can refer to an object breaking into pieces or a person losing control of their emotions or life. It may also relate to a plan, relationship, or system failing or ceasing to function effectively.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall apart in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall apart in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of fall apart in a Sentence

  1. Gerardo Ceballos:

    People think nothing bad will come from species loss, because scientists can't predict exactly how many need to go extinct before the world collapses, the problem is that our environment is like a brick wall. It will hold if you pull individual bricks, but eventually it takes just one to make it suddenly fall apart.

  2. Joseph McCroy:

    Once you get back, the first thing you try to do is find a good job. But if you ca n’t find a job, everything else starts to fall apart. My house was foreclosed on, truck repossessed, I got divorced … I was homeless.

  3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    When you have true love in your heart, you will never be depressed or fall apart.

  4. William Butler Yeats:

    Things fall apart the center cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

  5. W. B. Yeats, the second coming:

    Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcone cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...


Translations for fall apart

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  • zusammenbrechen, auseinanderfallenGerman
  • tomber en morceauxFrench
  • התמוטט, התפרקHebrew
  • cadere a pezziItalian
  • 무너지다Korean
  • له‌ناوچوونKurdish
  • instorten, uiteenvallen, uit elkaar vallenDutch
  • развали́ться, разва́ливатьсяRussian

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