pulled apart
Forcibly split open
Pulled apart describes something separated by force, whether literally or figuratively.
Bread can be pulled apart into pieces.
A relationship pulled apart has been strained or broken: The scandal pulled the family apart.
To be pulled apart also means to be torn between competing demands: I felt pulled apart by work and home responsibilities.
- disassembleSeparate into parts
- dismantleSeparate into parts
- separateTo set apart
- disconnectTo break a connection
- rendTear apart violently
divide · detach · estranged · broken-hearted · come undone · tear · alienated · sever · dissect · rip · decouple · unscrew · divorced · fragmented · deconstructed · rupture · split · broken up
- broken apartasunder, broken, broken up, fragmented, in bits
- took apartdismantled, disassembled, unscrewed, unbolted, deconstructed
pulled apartjoined
Linked or united
put together · assembled · connected · fused · united
pulled apartassembled
Brought together as group
put together · built · constructed · pieced together · built up
pulled apartbrought together
united · reconciled · reunited · bonded · connected
pull, pulled, pulling, pulls, puller, apart, part, parts, parted