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Meaning: Lose one's emotional or mental composure Classified under: Verbs of feeling Synonyms: fall apart; go to pieces Context example: She fell apart when her only child died Hypernyms (to "fall apart" is one way to...): break down; lose it; snap (lose control of one's emotions) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s
Meaning: Go to pieces Classified under: Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging Synonyms: wear out; fall apart; bust; wear; break Context examples: The lawn mower finally broke / The gears wore out / The old chair finally fell apart completely Hypernyms (to "fall apart" is one way to...): crumble; decay; delapidate (fall into decay or ruin) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fall apart"): fray; frazzle (wear away by rubbing) Sentence frame: Something ----s
Meaning: Break or fall apart into fragments Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: crumble; fall apart Context examples: The cookies crumbled / The Sphinx is crumbling Hypernyms (to "fall apart" is one way to...): disintegrate (break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity) Sentence frames: Something ----s
Meaning: Become separated into pieces or fragments Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: come apart; break; fall apart; split up; separate Context examples: The figurine broke / The freshly baked loaf fell apart Hypernyms (to "fall apart" is one way to...): change integrity (change in physical make-up) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fall apart"): break open; burst; split (break open or apart suddenly) 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) Sentence frame: Something ----s "No news is good news." (English proverb) "A woman that does not want to cook, takes all day to prepare the ingredients." (Albanian proverb) "Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave." (Arabic proverb) "He who has nothing will not eat. If you want flour, go gather chestnuts." (Corsican proverb)
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