come apart
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or come apart at the seams
: to break into parts or pieces : fail or be in very bad condition
This table is coming apart.
an old house that is coming apart at the seams
—often used figurativelya coalition that is coming apart
Their marriage is coming apart at the seams.
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In December, 1988, as the Soviet Union was beginning to come apart, Senator Bill Bradley, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, convened a closed-door hearing with several of the C.I.A.’s top Soviet experts.
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Keith Gessen, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Parts of a feather can come apart and reform into their original shape in a way that engineers can only dream of for their materials.
—Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
But many relationships eventually come apart, going through five stages of breakdown.
—Lisa Pavia-Higel, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
The legend plays an ordinary woman in a blue-collar family who basically starts to come apart at the seams.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
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Keith Gessen, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Parts of a feather can come apart and reform into their original shape in a way that engineers can only dream of for their materials.
—Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
But many relationships eventually come apart, going through five stages of breakdown.
—Lisa Pavia-Higel, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
The legend plays an ordinary woman in a blue-collar family who basically starts to come apart at the seams.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for come apart
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“Come apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20apart. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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