FELL APART Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

fell apart

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past tense of fall apart

as in decomposed

to go through decomposition The old house was falling apart before the restoration.

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as in lost it

to yield to mental or emotional stress He fell apart after his wife left.

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Recent Examples of fell apart Little’s thriller follows Juno Hardwick, a former high-level national security employee whose life fell apart after her father died. —

Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 This may have been one of our worst ideas based purely on how quickly the stock fell apart. —

Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 29 June 2026 The scheme fell apart on March 21, 2024, when Beasley failed to underperform on rebounds as planned in a game against the Brooklyn Nets, the feds say. —

John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026

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lost it

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The Red Sox and Nationals turned a regular June game into the biggest baseball brawl of the season after Boston hothead Willson Contreras completely lost it.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
The notice updated the Statistical Area and Coal Closure categories, revealing considerable churn in county eligibility; 170 counties gained status while 154 lost it, based on unemployment data.

— Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026