English Dictionary
Definition of “disintegrate”
disintegrate (dɪsˈɪntɪˌɡreɪt
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Definitions
verb
- to break or be broken into fragments or constituent parts; shatter
- to lose or cause to lose cohesion or unity
- (intr) to lose judgment or control; deteriorate
- physics
- to induce or undergo nuclear fission, as by bombardment with fast particles
- another word for decay (sense 3)
Alternative Forms
disˈintegrable adjective disˌinteˈgration noun disˈintegrative adjective disˈinteˌgrator noun
Synonyms
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collapse,
fall,
fail,
fold,
founder,
give way,
subside,
cave in,
fragment,
crumple,
go belly-up fall apart at the seams
Usage examples
The Focke-Wulf didn't blow up or disintegrate or burst into flames or anything dramatic of that nature.
Maclean, Alistair, San Andreas (1984)The usual arguments for immigration disintegrate upon the most cursory scrutiny.
Spiked (2002)If the two were to collide, the asteroid likely would disintegrate in the atmosphere, Chesley said.
canada.com (2004)We have spent many years trying to dismantle misunderstanding of Islam, only to see our progress disintegrate along with the twin towers.
Times, Sunday Times (2001)Yet Paul had issued an invitation to China on which his successors could build once the Chinese monolith began to disintegrate.
Hebblethwaite, Peter, Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
