come apart
Verb
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Become separated into pieces or fragments (synset 200334996)
"The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-upsubtypes:
- break open, burst, split - come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- puncture - be pierced or punctured
- burst, bust - break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- smash - break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- ladder, run - come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- crack, snap - break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize - break or cause to break into pieces
- crush - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
verb group: break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
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