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come apart

















VERB
snap
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Using advanced imaging techniques and earthquake data, scientists have now seen this subduction zone starting to come apart.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

It all began to come apart in 1980.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

He described how in some fragments, the carbon fibre layers had come apart - a known process called delamination.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

IndyCars are designed to come apart upon impact, which helps to dissipate the energy and protect the driver.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

And all of this would be very well, it would be rescuable, if she was not so angry with him over a broken vase that had come apart in his hands.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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