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