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  as in decay
  

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  as in lose it
  

• as in decay
• as in lose it

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• n.

  •
  • splinter,
  • fragment.
  •
  • feel,
  • nurse,
  • burn,
  • overflow,
  • possess,
  • tingle,
  • experience,
  • walk away with,
  • let yourself go,
  • give up to.
  •
  • expire,
  • draw to a close/an end,
  • terminate,
  • pass,
  • come to an end,
  • run out,
  • dry up,
  • close.

  • break (noun)

  • break.

  • bust (noun)

  • bust.

  • come apart (noun)

  • come apart.

  • fall apart (noun)

  • split up,
  • separate.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • chipped,
  • shatter,
  • maladjusted,
  • disintegrate,
  • psychosomatic,
  • dismantle,
  • cannibalize,
  • busted.

• v.

  • come unglued (verb)

  • fall bits,
  • falling bits,
  • dis integrating,
  • fell pieces,
  • comes unstuck,
  • came unwrapped,
  • came apart at the seams,
  • came unstuck,
  • fell bits,
  • came apart at seams,
  • dis integrate,
  • brake down,
  • falls to pieces,
  • dis-integrating,
  • came apart seams,
  • comes apart at the seams,
  • dis-integrate,
  • falling pieces,
  • falls to bits,
  • coming unwrapped,
  • falls bits,
  • breaks down,
  • come apart the seams,
  • falls pieces,
  • broke down,
  • fall pieces,
  • dis-integrates,
  • dis integrates,
  • falling to bits,
  • dis integrated,
  • coming apart seams,
  • came apart the seams,
  • fell to bits,
  • coming apart the seams,
  • come apart seams,
  • dis-integrated,
  • comes unwrapped,
  • comes apart seams,
  • coming apart at the seams,
  • comes apart the seams,
  • fell to pieces,
  • coming apart at seams,
  • comes apart at seams.

  • contact (verb)

  • fall apart,
  • wear out,
  • wear.

  • decompose (verb)

  • de-cays,
  • de-composed,
  • de cay,
  • dis solves,
  • de-cay,
  • dis-solving,
  • dis-solves,
  • dis-solved,
  • de-composes,
  • putresces,
  • de composed,
  • de-composing,
  • de-compose,
  • dis solving,
  • de cays,
  • de composing,
  • putresced,
  • dis solve,
  • de compose,
  • de composes,
  • dis-solve,
  • dis solved.

  • deteriorate (verb)

  • degenerate,
  • dilapidate,
  • get worse,
  • lapse,
  • relapse,
  • wane,
  • fade,
  • atrophy,
  • moulder,
  • decline,
  • slip,
  • revert,
  • slide,
  • go downhill,
  • wither,
  • downgrade,
  • ebb,
  • sink,
  • regress,
  • putrefy,
  • collapse,
  • decay,
  • retrogress,
  • tergiversate,
  • worsen,
  • wilt,
  • slump.

  • disintegrate (verb)

  • crack up,
  • crumble.

  • go to pieces (verb)

  • went mad,
  • goes mad,
  • going mad,
  • go pieces.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • chip off,
  • stave in,
  • batter down,
  • fray,
  • sunder,
  • cleave,
  • shear.
  •
  • peel,
  • blow out,
  • pulverize,
  • flake,
  • smash up,
  • blow in.
  •
  • come away,
  • fall away,
  • crack-up.
  •
  • puncture,
  • grind.
  •
  • rip.
  •
  • chip.

  • break down

  • go to pieces.

  • deteriorate

  • Disimprove,
  • retrogrades,
  • went downhill,
  • going downhill,
  • Retrograding,
  • Retrograded,
  • go to the dogs,
  • be worse for wear,
  • lost it,
  • wearing away,
  • lose quality,
  • wear away,
  • become worse,
  • hit the skids,
  • wears away,
  • go to pot,
  • goes downhill,
  • lose it.

  • go to pieces

  • go mad.

  • Other relevant words:

  • fall,
  • come apart at the seams,
  • breaking down,
  • come apart at seams,
  • Putresce,
  • malfunctioning,
  • come unstuck,
  • coming unstuck,
  • come unwrapped,
  • deteriorate,
  • come unglued,
  • decompose,
  • fall to pieces,
  • putrescing,
  • fall to bits,
  • malfunctioned,
  • falling to pieces,
  • break down.

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • detach,
  • uncouple,
  • atomize,
  • partition,
  • split,
  • disconnect,
  • erode,
  • break apart,
  • break off,
  • take apart,
  • disassemble,
  • rot,
  • be terror-struck,
  • meet with disaster,
  • come to grief,
  • disarticulate,
  • anatomize,
  • be destroyed,
  • frighten,
  • disentangle,
  • scare,
  • break away,
  • be fearful,
  • part,
  • unyoke,
  • disengage,
  • piece,
  • be frightened,
  • resolve,
  • miscarry,
  • be shattered,
  • yield,
  • disunite,
  • panic,
  • unhook,
  • dread,
  • be upset,
  • relax,
  • dissect,
  • grief,
  • decompound,
  • give way,
  • give,
  • pull apart,
  • fear,
  • fail,
  • sort,
  • be terrified,
  • analyse,
  • be terror-stricken,
  • be disturbed,
  • buckle,
  • crumple,
  • wear off,
  • be alarmed,
  • unravel,
  • disjoin,
  • divide.

How to use «Fall apart» in context?

The term «fall apart» is often used to describe something that is no longer functioning as it should. This could be a physical object that has lost its structural integrity, or a person or relationship that has suffered a major breakdown. A fall apart can be a gradual process, or one that is sudden and unexpected. It can be a result of a number of factors, some of which are physical, emotional and psychological.

Homophones for Fall apart:

• filbert, Filoviridae, flaubert, fallboard, Flaviviridae, fall-board.

Hypernym for Fall apart:

• v.

  • contact
    frazzle, fray.

Hyponym for Fall apart:

• v.

  • contact
    crumble, dilapidate, decay.
  • emotion
    break down, snap, lose it.

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Synonyms:

abate,
calm down,
check,
contract,
crumble,
curb,
curtail,
cut down,
decay,
decline.

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