COME APART

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Become separated into pieces or fragments

Example:

The freshly baked loaf fell apart

Synonyms:

break; come apart; fall apart; separate; split up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "come apart" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Verb group:

break (destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come apart"):

break open; burst; split (come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure)

puncture (be pierced or punctured)

burst; bust (break open or apart suddenly and forcefully)

smash (break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow)

ladder; run (come unraveled or undone as if by snagging)

crack; snap (break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension)

break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)

crush (become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure)

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