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to break apart
01
to fall into pieces or separate
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
apart
Base verb
break
Present tense
break apart
3rd person singular
breaks apart
Present participle
breaking apart
Past simple
broke apart
Past participle
broken apart
Examples
The old bridge started to break apart because of the weather.
02
break violently or noisily; smash
03
take apart into its constituent pieces
