coming apart
Losing structural integrity
Coming apart describes something separating into pieces or losing structural integrity: The old book was coming apart at the spine.
Figuratively, it means losing emotional composure or mental stability: She's been coming apart since the divorce.
A situation or plan that's coming apart is failing or disintegrating: The whole deal is coming apart.
Acute mental health crisis
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
burnout · distress · crackup · losing it · falling to pieces · breaking down · unraveling · snapping
Catastrophic loss of control
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
rupture · crumbling · collapse · decline · decay · erosion · degradation · dissolution
Sudden structural failure
- crumbleFragment gradually
- toppleCause to fall
- fallDescend under gravity
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
sag · cave in · give way · buckle · fail · weaken · deteriorate · destabilize
Fragment violently, suddenly
- splinterThin sharp fragment
- fractureSplit in hard material
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- break upEnd a relationship
split · scatter · disperse · fragment · divide · separate · tear · rip
Sever a union
- separationState of being apart
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
rift · divide · dissolve · end · rupture · falling out · disconnection · disunion
Separate into parts
- detachTo separate from
- separateTo set apart
- unfastenRelease from attachment
- deconstructAnalyze by breaking down
uncouple · disconnect · strip down · unbolt · unhook · unscrew · disengage · remove
nervous breakdown
Acute mental health crisis
exhaustion · burnout · distress · crackup · losing it · falling to pieces · breaking down · unraveling · snapping · fraying
meltdown
Catastrophic loss of control
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
disintegration · rupture · crumbling · collapse · decline · decay · erosion · degradation · dissolution · decomposition
collapse
Sudden structural failure
tumble · sag · cave in · give way · buckle · fail · weaken · deteriorate · destabilize · implode
shatter
Fragment violently, suddenly
break up · split · scatter · disperse · fragment · divide · separate · tear · rip · burst
split up
Sever a union
- separationState of being apart
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
estrangement · rift · divide · dissolve · end · rupture · falling out · disconnection · disunion · severing ties
dismantle
Separate into parts
deconstruct · uncouple · disconnect · strip down · unbolt · unhook · unscrew · disengage · remove · undo
- deterioratingdecaying, decomposing, degrading, rotting, eroding
- separatingseparating, detaching, disconnecting, dividing, splitting
- broken apartasunder, broken, broken up, fragmented, in bits
- meltdownsnuclear meltdown, reactor meltdown, meltdown, freak out, losing it
- mental crisesnervous breakdown, mental breakdown, mental collapse, mental break, emotional collapse
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
coming apartholding together
Remaining unified, not separating
coming together · cohering · unifying · bonding · holding firm
coming apartcoming together
Act of assembling
joining · assembling · fusing · merging · uniting
coming apartholding it together
Maintaining composure despite strain
keeping it together · staying strong · coping · managing · getting a grip
come, coming, apart, part, parts, parted, parting, partial, partially