FALLING APART Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

falling apart

phrase

present participle of fall apart

as in decomposing

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

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as in losing it

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

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Recent Examples of falling apart Firmware fun Flashing the firmware to the Arduino should be the easy part, but this is when things started falling apart for me. — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 For this recipe, simmer them whole, with the skins on, until very tender but not falling apart. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026 That opposition led to the talks ultimately falling apart, some of the people said. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 That long-standing arrangement is now at risk of falling apart. — Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026 Multiple news outlets then reported that the house was falling apart, even quoting anonymous neighbors who said wild animals were entering the property. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 By Thursday morning, the operation to vet visitors and get them base credentials was falling apart. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026 The threads are united by the single house where the protagonists live, which in both timelines is falling apart. — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 Today gives you a chance to use it without turning every surprise into proof that the whole plan is falling apart. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026

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losing it

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Conditionality works best when the United States remains engaged enough for its partners to care about losing it.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
While some Raiders fans are losing it, many others are simply accepting that is how things are these days for the team.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

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