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   Dis·in·te·grate

   /disˈin(t)əˌɡrāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. break up into small parts, typically as the result of impact or decay: "when the missile struck, the car disintegrated in a sheet of searing flame" Similar break upbreak apartfall apartfall to piecesfall to bitsfragmentfractureshattersplinterruptureexplodeblow upblow apartfly apartcrumbledissolvecollapsefounderfaildeclinego downhillgo to rack and ruindegeneratedeteriorateinformal:bustbe smashed to smithereensrare:shiverbreak downdecomposedecayrotmolderperishcorrodedeteriorate
   • ▪ (of a society, family, or other social group) weaken or break apart: "the marriage disintegrated amid allegations that she was having an affair"
   • ▪ undergo or cause to undergo disintegration at a subatomic level: "a meson can spontaneously disintegrate"

   Derivatives

   • 1. disintegrative adjective
   • 2. disintegrator noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISINTEGRATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces: The spacecraft disintegrated as it entered the earth's atmosphere. disintegrate into The Ottoman Empire disintegrated into lots of small states. to become much worse: disintegrate into The situation disintegrated into chaos. Fewer examples.

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   Verb Forms. [intransitive] to break into small parts or pieces and be destroyed. The plane disintegrated as it fell into the sea. The wall just disintegrated in a shower of fragments and dust.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDISINTEGRATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   3 days ago · verb transitive, verb intransitive Word forms: disˈinteˌgrated or disˈinteˌgrating. 1. to separate into parts or fragments; break up; disunite. 2. to undergo or cause to undergo a nuclear transformation as a result of radioactive decay or a nuclear reaction. SIMILAR WORDS: deˈcay.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › disintegrateDisintegrate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Definitions of disintegrate. verb. break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity. “The material disintegrated ” “the group disintegrated after the leader died” see more. verb. cause to undergo fission or lose particles. synonyms: decay, decompose. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current. see more. verb.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › disintegrateDISINTEGRATE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   DISINTEGRATE definition: 1. to break into a lot of small pieces 2. to become much worse: . Learn more.

7. en.m.wiktionary.org › wiki › disintegratedisintegrate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   Mar 9, 2024 · disintegrate (third-person singular simple present disintegrates, present participle disintegrating, simple past and past participle disintegrated) ( transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts. ( science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator .

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   disintegrate. [ dis- in-t uh-greyt ] show ipa. See synonyms for disintegrate on Thesaurus.com. verb (used without object),dis·in·te·grat·ed, dis·in·te·grat·ing. to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age. Physics. to decay.