come apart

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come apart

verb comes apart · coming apart · came apart · come apart

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, apart.
  2. intransitive To break, separate. The jigsaw puzzle will come apart if you try to pick it up.

    Similar: come undone

  3. intransitive To have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.

    Similar: come undone

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verb to separate itself

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@misc{come_apart_2026,
  title = {come apart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/come%20apart},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}