come apart

1. 1.

   become separated into pieces or fragments

   “The figurine broke”

   “The freshly baked loaf fell apart”

   Synonymsbreakseparatesplit upfall apart

   Broaderchange integrity

   Narrowerburstpuncturesmashladdersnapbreak upcrush

Questions about come apart

What does come apart mean?

come apart means "become separated into pieces or fragments".

What is another word for come apart?

Close synonyms include break, separate, split up, fall apart. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is come apart a common word?

come apart is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.