Apart
Collapsing
This is the literal meaning. It means dividing into pieces or breaking.
come apart | The shelf is coming apart. |
fall apart | If it wasn't for me, this place would fall apart. |
pull apart | If there is a way to pull a toy apart, a toddler will find it. |
rip apart | I was so excited that I almost ripped the box apart. |
take apart | I would play with it for a day or two, then take it apart to see how it worked. |
tear apart | He almost had to tear the wall apart to fix the pipe. |
Separating
come apart | I’ve been coming apart mentally and physically for the last few weeks. |
drift apart | My boyfriend and I eventually split; we just drifted apart really. |
fall apart | Their marriage fell apart. |
force apart | Terrified children are being forced apart from their parents as they're put in detention facilities. |
grow apart | I am also wondering if we are growing apart or if perhaps he is bored with me. |
pick apart | Analysts have been picking apart the figures. |
pull apart | When you're happy with the cuts, you need to tape the joint together so that it won't pull apart when you press it. |
push apart | His attitude damaged our relationship and pushed us apart. |
rip apart | His world has been ripped apart. |
set apart | What really set the magazine apart, however, was its ambitious product-testing program. |
split apart | The country split apart into two independent states. |
tear apart | His family was torn apart by the war. |
tell apart | It impossible to tell them apart because they were the same shape and color. |
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