pulling apart
Rending into pieces
Pulling apart means separating something into pieces by applying force in opposite directions: She pulled apart the cotton candy.
It extends to critical examination—pulling apart an argument means dissecting its flaws.
Relationships pull apart when people grow distant.
Things that are pulling apart are coming undone, whether physically or figuratively: The coalition is pulling apart at the seams.
- disassembleSeparate into parts
- separateTo set apart
- dismantleSeparate into parts
- extricateFree from entanglement
- unravelSeparate intertwined strands
teasing out · disjoin · split · deconstruct · breaking down · alienate · detach · parse · cleave · segregate · analyze · dissect · rip · tearing down · differentiate · unfasten · categorize · estrange
- breaking downsplitting, fragmenting, dividing, breaking up, partitioning
- separatingseparating, detaching, disconnecting, dividing, splitting
- deterioratingdecaying, decomposing, degrading, rotting, eroding
- disassemblydismantling, teardown, detaching, unfastening, separating
- fabric damageripping, shredding, fraying, unraveling, tattering
pulling apartputting together
Combining into a whole
assembling · joining · connecting · attaching · fastening
pulling apartputting together
Combining into a whole
synthesizing · integrating · combining · unifying · constructing
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