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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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