fly apart in English

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      "form": "flies apart",
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    {
      "form": "flying apart",
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    },
    {
      "form": "flew apart",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "flown apart",
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        "To break into many pieces by exploding, literally or figuratively."
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        "(figurative, intransitive) To break into many pieces by exploding, literally or figuratively."
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          "sense": "to break into many pieces",
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            "imperfective"
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          "word": "rozlatywać się"
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          "sense": "to break into many pieces",
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          "word": "rozlecieć się"
        }
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  "word": "fly apart"
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    {
      "form": "flies apart",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "flying apart",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "flew apart",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flown apart",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "sense": "to break into many pieces",
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        "imperfective"
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      "word": "rozlatywać się"
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      "sense": "to break into many pieces",
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      "word": "rozlecieć się"
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  "word": "fly apart"
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"fly apart" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms