come_apart (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *come apart*:
VERB	change	come apart, break, separate, split up, fall apart	become separated / separated into pieces or fragments

English > *come apart*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	Become separated / separated into pieces or fragments.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	break, separate, split up, fall apart
Narrower	break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise	break or cause to break into pieces
	burst, split, break open	Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
	burst, bust	break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
	crush	Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
	ladder, run	Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
	puncture	Be pierced or punctured
	smash	break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
	snap, crack	Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
Broader	change integrity	change in physical make-up
See also	fall	Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
Similar to	break	Destroy the integrity of
Spanish	partirse, romperse
Catalan	partir-se, partir, trencar-se, trencar

HyperDic: come_apart