come apart
— phrasal verb with come uk/kʌm/us/kʌm/verb came, come
C2 to separate into several pieces:
I picked up the book and it came apart in my hands.
My boots are coming apart at the seams.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- break (sth) off
- breakage
- catch
- fall apart
- flake
- fragmented
- fray
- frayed
- in ribbons idiom
- knacker
- pull
- pull sth apart
- rent
- rip
- shear
- split
- tear sth up
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