fall apart
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fall apart
verb falls apart · falling apart · fell apart · fallen apart
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To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
My old briefcase is falling apart. I'll have to buy a new one.
Similar: break, break apart, break up, come apart, come apart at the seams, come undone, disintegrate, fall to bits, fall to pieces
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To be emotionally in crisis.
As a result of being addicted to heroin, she was falling apart.
Similar: crack up
- To separate. And when my care was moſt, by Gods pꝛouidence onely, by the burning aſunder of our ſpꝛitſaile-yard with ropes and ſaile, and the ropes about the ſpꝛitſaile-yard of the Carack, whereby we were faſt intangled, we fell apart, with burning of ſome of our ſailes which we had then on booꝛd.
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verb disintegrate, break into pieces
| Español | despedazarse, desintegrarse, deshacerse, desvencijarse |
|---|---|
| Português | cair aos pedaços |
| Français | tomber en morceaux |
| Deutsch | auseinanderfallen |
| Italiano | cadere a pezzi |
| Русский | распада́ться raspadátʹsja, распа́сться raspástʹsja, разва́ливаться razválivatʹsja, развали́ться razvalítʹsja |
| עברית | התפרק hitparék, מט לנפול |
verb be emotionally in crisis
| Español | venirse abajo |
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| Deutsch | zusammenbrechen |
| Italiano | andare a rotoli |
| Русский | разва́ливаться razválivatʹsja, развали́ться razvalítʹsja |
| עברית | התמוטט hitmotét |
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