come apart
Example Sentences
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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
It is known to be unreliable under pressure, and its layers are known to come apart in a process called delamination.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
All of that, however, was nearly undone—and could still come apart on the inevitable appeal of the disqualification question—by a horrible lapse in judgment.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2024
Then I pulled until I thought my arms would come apart and my head would explode.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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