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falling apart

adjective as in broken-down

noun as in entropy

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The carpeting is worn, the furniture is falling apart, and the electricity is out for most of the day.

I was not prepared for the staggered, ruthless falling apart of one of the people I love most in the world.

The Russians looked at their radar screens and exclaimed, “The target started falling apart.”

The agreement was reached just days after negotiations between the House and Senate appeared on the verge of falling apart.

His cause, like a rusty old jalopy, is falling apart before he turned the key.

To prevent the fish from falling apart, it may be wrapped in cheesecloth or gauze.

Katharine looked on him in affright, her eyes growing wildly large, her lips falling apart, till the white teeth shone through.

The princes heard and obeyed, and they retired slowly like ocean billows, tempest-swollen, falling apart.

The fingers spread slightly, falling apart of their own weight, and the pencil rolled away.

The only thing that keeps the play from falling apart is the logical development of each character.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fall apart, such as: break down, collapse, crumble, break, crack up, and go to pieces.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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