fall to pieces (?.)

• ablate
• atomize
• bite the dust
• break
• break open
• break up
• burst
• canker
• carry away
• come apart
• come off
• come to dust
• come undone
• come unstuck
• consume
• corrode
• corrupt
• crack
• crack up
• crumble
• crumble into dust
• crumble to dust
• decay
• decompose
• disintegrate
• disjoin
• disorganize
• dissolve
• effloresce
• erode
• fall
• fall into decay
• fall off
• fall to dust
• fester
• fission
• fissure
• fly apart
• fracture
• gangrene
• get loose
• give away
• give way
• go bad
• go to pieces
• grain
• granulate
• mildew
• mold
• molder
• mortify
• necrose
• peel off
• powder
• putrefy
• putresce
• rankle
• rot
• rupture
• shard
• shatter
• snap
• sphacelate
• split
• spoil
• spring a leak
• spring apart
• start
• suppurate
• topple
• tumble
• unravel
• waste away
• wear away