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fall apart


These are words and phrases related to fall apart. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fall apart.

TO BREAK


I've only had these shoes for a week and they're already falling apart.

Synonyms and examples


break
I didn't mean to break your phone.
fracture
Last year he fractured his skull.
bust
informal
One of the children has bust the computer.
shatter
The ball hit the window and shattered it.
smash
I dropped the vase and it smashed.
snap
She bent the ruler and it snapped.
chip
I chipped the cup when I was putting it away.
crack
A stone hit the window and cracked it.
split
The wood had split.
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breakable
fragile
delicate
brittle
weak
break down
stop working
crash
fail
broken
dead
defunct
busted
mainly USinformal
out of order
have had it
informal
kaput
informal
on the blink
informal
on the fritz
USinformal
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If something breaks, or if you break something, it is damaged so that it no longer works or is no longer in perfect condition. If something is easily broken, it is easy to damage that thing. If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working. If something is damaged so that it no longer works or is no longer in perfect condition, it is broken.

TO NOT WORK OR HAPPEN AS INTENDED


Things were going smoothly until we hired him, and now everything is falling apart.

Synonyms and examples


fail
We tried our best, but ultimately the project failed.
fall to pieces
The plan has potential, but unless we proceed carefully, it could fall to pieces.
fall through
Our plans to visit fell through at the last minute.
crack
informal
The Liberal Party is cracking under the pressure of these allegations.
go belly up
mainly USinformal
I wanted to invest in his company, but it went belly up at the beginning of the year.
fall short
The new camera promises excellent zoom capabilities, but it falls short.
fall between two stools
The book really fell between two stools: not short enough to appeal to casual readers, but not serious enough to draw in literary readers.
go down the pan
UKinformal
I had high hopes for my club, but they've gone down the pan.
go pear-shaped
UKinformal
All seemed to be on track, but then our plans went pear-shaped.
come to nothing
All those years of work, and for what? It's all come to nothing.
bite the dust
Despite interest from investors, it's likely that the airline start-up will bite the dust.
come a cropper
informal
The team really came a cropper after trading their star forward.
go down the tubes
informal
Without a stimulus package, our economy's going to go down the tubes.
crash and burn
informal
Once the goalie was injured, the team crashed and burned, losing 7-1.
flop
His debut film flopped at the box office.
bomb
mainly USinformal
The play absolutely bombed.

Antonym and example


succeed
The campaign succeeded, and he was re-elected.
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failure
breakdown
meltdown
collapse
washout
informal
fiasco
debacle
omnishambles
UKinformal
flameout
USinformal
non-success
inefficacy
formal
success
turkey
informal
clunker
USinformal
dud
informal
lemon
mainly USinformal
be a disaster
informal
loser
informal
lame duck
no-hoper
UK
non-starter
informal
default
malpractice
dereliction
neglect
negligence
lapse
non-fulfilment
UK
non-action
inaction
formal
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When something fails, it does not work or does not happen as intended. The fact of being unsuccessful is called failure. Failure is also used to describe someone or something that is not successful or the fact of not doing something that you should.

fall apart | American Thesaurus


fall apart


verb
These are words and phrases related to fall apart. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fall apart.

FOUNDER


Synonyms


disintegrate
break up
topple
go under
founder
fail utterly
come to grief
collapse
abort
miscarry
perish
succumb
drown
sink
come to nothing
end in smoke
hit rock bottom
turn out badly

DISINTEGRATE


Synonyms


disintegrate
break up
break apart
go to pieces
shatter
crumble
crumble to fragments
reduce to particles
reduce to fragments
splinter
cause to fall to pieces
decay
decompose
rot

Antonyms


blend
fuse
merge
coalesce
unite
combine
link up
join
connect

CRUMBLE


Synonyms


crumble
decay
disintegrate
break up
waste away
wear away
decompose
go to wrack and ruin

PANIC


Synonyms


go to pieces
Slang
go ape
Slang
panic
give way to panic
succumb to fear
become hysterical
be overwhelmed by dread
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