Lexic.us

Definition of Fall apart

1. Verb. Lose one's emotional or mental composure. "She fell apart when her only child died"

2. Verb. Go to pieces. "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

3. Verb. Break or fall apart into fragments. "The Sphinx is crumbling"

4. Verb. Become separated into pieces or fragments. "These glasses fall apart easily"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fall Apart

fallouts fallout shelter fallow fallow fallowed fallower fallowest fallowing fallowness fallownesses

fallows fallow deer fallow deer falls fall all over fall apart (current term) fall armyworm fall asleep fall away fall back

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Literary usage of Fall apart

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Metaphysics by Alfred Edward Taylor (1903)
"The two criteria of individuality, though ultimately coincident, tend in particular cases to fall apart for our insight, owing to the limitation of human ..."

2. An Introduction to Modern Logic by Rupert Clendon Lodge (1920)
"The sole aim of analysis is that the connection should be loosed and the material fall apart into its constituent elements. The bundle must cease to exist ..."

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