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fly apart

fly apart verb: to break into many pieces by exploding, literally or figuratively.

Verb

fly apart (third-person singular simple present flies apart, present participle flying apart, simple past flew apart, past participle flown apart)

  1. (figuratively, intransitive) To break into many pieces by exploding, literally or figuratively.

Forms of fly apart

third-person singular presentflies apart
present participleflying apart
pastflew apart
past participleflown apart

Questions about fly apart

What does fly apart mean?
Fly apart means to break into many pieces by exploding, literally or figuratively.
What part of speech is fly apart?
Fly apart is a verb.
What is the past tense of fly apart?
The past tense of fly apart is flew apart.

Words near fly apart in the dictionary

  1. fly agaric
  2. fly agarics
  3. fly amanita
  4. fly amanitas
  5. fly and flop
  6. fly apart
  7. fly ash
  8. fly at
  9. fly baker
  10. fly ball
  11. fly balls

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