pull apart
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pool
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pɑ:rt
paart
/pˈʊl ɐpˈɑːt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pull apart"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to pull apart
[phrase form: pull]
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āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become shattered, often after applying much force
to pull apart definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old fabric was so fragile that it just pulled apart when I tried to wash it.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻāϤāχ āύāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϧ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to carefully and critically examine something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Critics pulled apart the film for its lack of originality.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāĻ•āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to intervene and separate individuals or animals that are fighting or in conflict
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The security guards at the concert had to pull apart several rowdy fans.
āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāϕ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause a separation, typically used for relationships or groups
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Secrets and lies can pull even the strongest of bonds apart.
āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to forcefully separate something into its individual components
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mechanic pulled the engine apart to find the malfunction.
āĻŽā§‡āĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ