come undone

VERB

split

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break disband divide isolate open rip rive separate sever splinter tear

STRONG

bifurcate branch burst cleave crack dichotomize disjoin dissever disunite diverge divorce fork gape hack part rend slash slit snap sunder whack

WEAK

come apart give way go separate ways part company put asunder

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree attach close combine fix hide join mend sew unite wait

WEAK

pull together

Example Sentences

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But give most robots a needle and thread, and they would probably come undone.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

A kitchen cabinet had come undone, and I needed a bracket and some glue to piece it back together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

People whispered that Nasser al-Astal had come undone, dazed by grief.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2023

If you start pulling apart this rousing, if formulaic, sports flick, it’ll all come undone.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

It had been carefully banded at the top and bottom so that it wouldn’t come undone.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez