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   disintegrate

   /dɪsˈɪntɪɡreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay: "our shoes had to last until they disintegrated on our feet" Similar break upbreak apartfall apartfall to piecesfall to bitsfragmentfractureshattersplinterruptureexplodeblow upblow apartfly apartcrumbledissolvecollapsefounderfaildeclinego downhillgo to rack and ruindegeneratedeteriorateinformal:bustbe smashed to smithereensrare:shiverbreak downdecomposedecayrotmoulderperishcorrodedeteriorate
   • ▪ undergo or cause to undergo disintegration at a subatomic level: "a meson can spontaneously disintegrate"
   • 2. lose strength or cohesion and gradually fail: "their marriage disintegrated"

   Derivatives

   • 1. disintegrative adjective
   • 2. disintegrator noun

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   What does it mean if something disintegrates?

   • If something disintegrates, it becomes seriously weakened, and is divided or destroyed. The empire began to disintegrate. 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.

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   What is the opposite of disintegrated?

   • Synonyms for disintegrated in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for disintegrated. 41 synonyms for disintegrate: collapse, fall, fail, fold, founder, give way, subside, cave in, fragment, crumple, go belly-up, fall apart at the seams, break up. What are synonyms for disintegrated?

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   What does disintegration mean in physics?

   • , dis·in·te·grat·ed, dis·in·te·grat·ing. The old book is gradually disintegrating with age. Physics. to decay. (of a nucleus) to change into one or more different nuclei after being bombarded by high-energy particles, as alpha particles or gamma rays. , dis·in·te·grat·ed, dis·in·te·grat·ing. Rocks are disintegrated by frost and rain. See decay.

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   What causes a rock to disintegrate?

   • Rocks are disintegrated by frost and rain. See decay. Cassie remains fixated on Alex, contributing to her disintegrating emotional state. Dripping sweat post-run, I often stand holding the cup, watching the disintegrating tablet float to the surface of my cold filtered water in anticipation of that first, most satisfying hit.

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   disintegrate: [verb] to break or decompose into constituent elements, parts, or small particles.

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   Disintegrate definition: to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate. See examples of DISINTEGRATE used in a sentence.

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   disintegrate: 1 v break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity “The material disintegrated ” “the group disintegrated after the leader died” Antonyms: incorporate , integrate make into a whole or make part of a whole Types: show 7 types... hide 7 types... powder , powderise , powderize , pulverise , pulverize make into a powder by ...

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   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.

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