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- Dictionarydis·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
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The meaning of DISINTEGRATE is to break or decompose into constituent elements, parts, or small particles. How to use disintegrate in a sentence.
DISINTEGRATE definition: 1. to become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces: 2. to become much worse: 3. to…. Learn more.
4 meanings: 1. to break or be broken into fragments or constituent parts; shatter 2. to lose or cause to lose cohesion or unity.... Click for more definitions.
When something disintegrates, it does the opposite of become whole; it falls apart. Objects can either disintegrate over time — like a tooth soaking in a cup of soda, or instantaneously — like a building disintegrating into dust from an explosion.
DISINTEGRATE meaning: 1. to become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces: 2. to become much worse: 3. to…. Learn more.
Definition of disintegrate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [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. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
Disintegrate definition: to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate. See examples of DISINTEGRATE used in a sentence.
To become reduced to components, fragments, or particles. See Synonyms at decay. 2. To lose cohesion or unity: pressures that cause families to disintegrate. 3. Physics & Chemistry To decompose, decay, or undergo a nuclear transformation. To cause to disintegrate. dis·in′te·gra′tor n.
DISINTEGRATE definition: 1. to break into a lot of small pieces 2. to become much worse: . Learn more.
Synonyms for DISINTEGRATE: decompose, decay, rot, deteriorate, perish, crumble, spoil, mold; Antonyms of DISINTEGRATE: grow, develop, ripen, mature, restore, renew, age, refresh
