DISINTEGRATE

disintegrate

(verb) break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; “The material disintegrated”; “the group disintegrated after the leader died”

disintegrate, decay, decompose

(verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; “the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process”

disintegrate

(verb) cause to undergo fission or lose particles

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

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.

(intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.

Synonyms

• (transitive) dismember, dissolve

• (intransitive) compost, decay, dissolve

Antonyms

• integrate

Anagrams

• reinstigated

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis*in"te*grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disintegrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disintegrating.] Etym: [L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See Integer.]

Definition: To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.

Dis*in"te*grate, v. i.

Definition: To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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