break apart
Example Sentences
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"It challenges some of the more traditional ideas of how continents break apart," says Rowan.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
The car-sized rover carried two tubes of a chemical called TMAH, which can break apart organic matter to see what it is made out of.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
As the process continues, larger clusters of nucleoids often break apart into smaller groups that settle into neighboring pearls.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Once conditions improve, these structures break apart and normal cellular activity resumes.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
When Florida saw them running toward her, she felt as if she would break apart into a zillion pieces, and all those pieces would scatter into the air and disappear into the clouds.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
