break apart
Example Sentences
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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
Once conditions improve, these structures break apart and normal cellular activity resumes.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
They continuously form and break apart, raising new questions about how often this happens and whether some regions of DNA are more active than others.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
Tracking escaping hydrogen is critical because it forms when water molecules break apart, offering a direct clue to how much water Mars is losing.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
It would break apart as soon as it arrived, maybe sooner.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
