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Definition of "fall to pieces" []

  • To feel emotionally devastated; to break down. (verb)

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Use "fall to pieces" in a sentence
  • "Impaired in strength during the weak government of Charles VI, Austria seemed ready to fall to pieces under the force of the shock."
  • "As he was led away to his death, the defiant Charidemus shouted back to the Great King that he would soon see his empire fall to pieces around him."