FELL APART Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

fell apart

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past tense of fall apart

as in decomposed

to go through decomposition The old house was falling apart before the restoration.

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as in lost it

to yield to mental or emotional stress He fell apart after his wife left.

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Recent Examples of fell apart Shared by conservative social media influencers, the claim quickly fell apart at closer inspection. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The plan fell apart in 2024 amid state and federal lawsuits fearing consumer harm and anticompetitive practices. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2026 If an opportunity opens because something else fell apart, take it. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 With a picturesque ocean view, the engagement Hayley Lugo had dreamed of for years nearly fell apart when an angry woman started shouting racial slurs at the couple on Friday at Laguna Beach's Crescent Bay Point Park. — Kati Weis, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Negotiations on both fell apart earlier this month but could still be revived in the lame duck session. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026 OpenAI had tried to invest $100 million into the startup after the cyberattack, though talks fell apart in the early stages, sources told CNBC. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 After the deal fell apart in the Legislature, Poppe said PG&E would pause $2 billion in new investments because its interest rates for borrowing the money would be too high. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 The respite quickly fell apart, and attacks on shipping resumed. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

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lost it

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Trump’s endless war and its global economic destruction isn’t helping the North Carolina apple farmer who lost it all in Hurricane Helene.

— S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
One question that scientists have puzzled over for years is whether Venus always lacked a moon, or if the hottest planet in the solar system once had a natural satellite and somehow lost it.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

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