| VERB | emotion | fall apart, go to pieces | lose one's emotional or mental composure |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | fall apart, break, wear, wear out, bust | go to pieces | |
| change | fall apart, crumble | break or fall apart into fragments | |
| change | fall apart, break, separate, split up, come apart | become separated / separated into pieces or fragments |
| Meaning | Lose one's emotional or mental composure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | go to pieces | |
| Broader | break down, lose it, snap | Lose control of one's emotions |
| Spanish | desmontarse | |
| Meaning | go to pieces. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | break, wear, wear out, bust | |
| Caused by | break, bust | ruin completely |
| Entailed by | leak | Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out |
| Narrower | fray, frazzle | wear away by rubbing |
| Broader | decay, crumble, dilapidate | fall into decay or ruin |
| Similar to | break, bust | ruin completely |
| Spanish | descomponerse, desmoronarse | |
| Catalan | descompondre, fracturar-se, rompre's, trencar-se | |
| Meaning | break or fall apart into fragments. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | crumble | |
| Broader | disintegrate | break / break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity |
| See also | fall | Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind |
| Spanish | derruirse, derrumbarse, desmigajarse, desmoronarse, desmoronar | |
| Catalan | derruir-se, enfonsar-se, engrunar, ensorrar-se, ensulsiar-se, esbocinar, esfondrar-se, esgrunar, esmicar, esmicolar, esmollar | |
| Meaning | Become separated / separated into pieces or fragments. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | break, separate, split up, come 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 | |
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