"fall apart" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fall apart.ogg Forms: falls apart [present, singular, third-person], falling apart [participle, present], fell apart [past], fallen apart [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> apart}} fall apart (third-person singular simple present falls apart, present participle falling apart, simple past fell apart, past participle fallen apart)
  1. To disintegrate, to break into pieces. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state): break, break apart, break up, come apart, come apart at the seams, come undone, disintegrate, fall to bits, fall to pieces Derived forms: fally-aparty Translations (disintegrate, break into pieces): распада́цца (raspadácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), распа́сціся (raspáscisja) [perfective] (Belarusian), разва́львацца (razválʹvacca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), развалі́цца (razvalícca) (Belarusian), uiteenvallen (note: e.g. books) (Dutch), uit elkaar vallen (note: e.g. books) (Dutch), instorten (note: e.g. buildings) (Dutch), hajota (Finnish), tomber en morceaux (French), auseinanderfallen (German), התפרק (hitparék) (Hebrew), szétesik (Hungarian), szétjön (Hungarian), széthullik (Hungarian), darabokra esik/hullik (Hungarian), cadere a pezzi (Italian), dīlābor (Latin), spryngen (Middle English), rozpadać się [imperfective] (Polish), rozpaść się [perfective] (Polish), cair aos pedaços (Portuguese), распада́ться (raspadátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), распа́сться (raspástʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), разва́ливаться (razválivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), развали́ться (razvalítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), despedazarse (Spanish), desintegrarse (Spanish), deshacerse (Spanish), desvencijarse (Spanish), розпада́тися (rozpadátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розпа́стися (rozpástysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), розва́люватися (rozváljuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розвали́тися (rozvalýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (idiomatic) To be emotionally in crisis. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms (be emotionally in crisis): crack up Translations (be emotionally in crisis): لەناوچوون (lenawçûn) (Central Kurdish), instorten (Dutch), murtua (Finnish), zusammenbrechen (German), התמוטט (hitmotét) (Hebrew), szétesik (Hungarian), kikészül (Hungarian), összeomlik (Hungarian), andare a rotoli (Italian), разва́ливаться (razválivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), развали́ться (razvalítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), venirse abajo (Spanish), altüst olmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fall_apart-en-verb-ICrz8NA4 Disambiguation of 'be emotionally in crisis': 1 99 Disambiguation of 'be emotionally in crisis': 1 99

Inflected forms

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          "text": "England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.",
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          "ref": "2020 September 9, “Network News: Robeston train troubles”, in Rail, page 6:",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
          "word": "auseinanderfallen"
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          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "hitparék",
          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
          "word": "התפרק"
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          "word": "szétesik"
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          "word": "darabokra esik/hullik"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
          "word": "cadere a pezzi"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
          "word": "dīlābor"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
          "word": "spryngen"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "word": "rozpadać się"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
          "word": "cair aos pedaços"
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          "roman": "raspadátʹsja",
          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "word": "распада́ться"
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "roman": "razválivatʹsja",
          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "word": "разва́ливаться"
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          "roman": "razvalítʹsja",
          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "word": "развали́ться"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
          "word": "despedazarse"
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
          "word": "desvencijarse"
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          "roman": "rozpadátysja",
          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "word": "розпада́тися"
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
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          "text": "At first I used to look at so many of us having fights or crying or staggering around messed up somehow and think, \"God, are we fucked up!\" but now what I think is that it was a safe place to fall apart in — one of the few. You didn't have to be politically correct or well-behaved; you could be wild or angry or miserable.",
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          "word": "instorten"
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          "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
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          "roman": "lenawçûn",
          "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
          "word": "لەناوچوون"
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          "word": "venirse abajo"
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          "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
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    "Terms with German translations",
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      "word": "fally-aparty"
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      "form": "falls apart",
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          "text": "My old briefcase is falling apart. I'll have to buy a new one.",
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          "ref": "2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:",
          "text": "England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 9, “Network News: Robeston train troubles”, in Rail, page 6:",
          "text": "It investigated extensive damage caused by a Robeston-Westerleigh train after the brake system under one of its wagons fell apart on October 30 2017.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To disintegrate, to break into pieces."
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          "disintegrate",
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        {
          "text": "As a result of being addicted to heroin, she was falling apart.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "ref": "1980 December 20, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “A Personal Remembrance Of The Saints”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 22, page 14:",
          "text": "At first I used to look at so many of us having fights or crying or staggering around messed up somehow and think, \"God, are we fucked up!\" but now what I think is that it was a safe place to fall apart in — one of the few. You didn't have to be politically correct or well-behaved; you could be wild or angry or miserable.",
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        "To be emotionally in crisis."
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        "(idiomatic) To be emotionally in crisis."
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    {
      "sense": "break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state",
      "word": "break"
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    {
      "sense": "break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state",
      "word": "break apart"
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    {
      "sense": "break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state",
      "word": "break up"
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    {
      "sense": "break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state",
      "word": "come apart"
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    {
      "sense": "break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state",
      "word": "come apart at the seams"
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    {
      "sense": "break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state",
      "word": "come undone"
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    {
      "sense": "break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state",
      "word": "disintegrate"
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    {
      "sense": "break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state",
      "word": "fall to bits"
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      "sense": "break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state",
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      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "crack up"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "raspadácca",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "распада́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "raspáscisja",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "распа́сціся"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "razválʹvacca",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "разва́львацца"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "razvalícca",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "развалі́цца"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "e.g. books",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "uiteenvallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "e.g. books",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "uit elkaar vallen"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "e.g. buildings",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "instorten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "hajota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "tomber en morceaux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "auseinanderfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitparék",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "התפרק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "szétesik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "szétjön"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "széthullik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "darabokra esik/hullik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "cadere a pezzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "dīlābor"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "spryngen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozpadać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozpaść się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "cair aos pedaços"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspadátʹsja",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "распада́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspástʹsja",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "распа́сться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razválivatʹsja",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разва́ливаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvalítʹsja",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "развали́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "despedazarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "desintegrarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "deshacerse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "word": "desvencijarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozpadátysja",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "розпада́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozpástysja",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розпа́стися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozváljuvatysja",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "розва́люватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozvalýtysja",
      "sense": "disintegrate, break into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розвали́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "instorten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "murtua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "zusammenbrechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitmotét",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "התמוטט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "szétesik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "kikészül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "összeomlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "andare a rotoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "lenawçûn",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "لەناوچوون"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razválivatʹsja",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разва́ливаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvalítʹsja",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "развали́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "venirse abajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "be emotionally in crisis",
      "word": "altüst olmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall apart"
}

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