break apart
break apart · breaks apart · broke apart · broken apart · breaking apart
розбитися, розбиватися
разбить, сломать, разбиться
zerstören, krachen, kollidieren
To dismantle something into its base componentsTo dismantle something into its base components.
» They did not break apart easily.
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2 senses(transitive)To dismantle something into its base components.
(intransitive)To disintegrate.
More definitions
- break up or separate
- break violently or noisily; smash
- take apart into its constituent pieces
Examples
7 sentencesThey did not break apart easily.
Can a nuke break an asteroid apart?
His specialty is to break apart already engaged couples.
Algeria will never break apart.
These donuts, the outside breaks apart easily and the insides are light and fluffy, delicious!
Forms
breaks apart, breaking apart, broke apart, broken apart| Base form | break apart · to break apart |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | breaks apart |
| Present participle | breaking apart |
| Past simple | broke apart |
| Past participle | broken apart |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- break upрозлучитися, розлучатисяTo break or separate into pieces.
- break offвідколотися, відколюватисяTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
- break outвтікти, спалахуватиTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- break inзламати, ламатиTo enter a place by force or illicit means.
- break downзламатися, впастиTo stop functioning.
- break awayбігати, бігтиTo leave suddenly.
- break throughвивергати, вивергатисяTo gain popularity.
- break apartрозбитися, розбиватисяTo dismantle something into its base components.
More 4
- break onTo humiliate (someone); to scold or demean (someone) in public.
- break backTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.
- break intoTo enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
- break withTo cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- break up or separate:disunify
- break violently or noisily; smash:crashbreak up
- take apart into its constituent pieces:disassembledismantletake apartbreak up
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.