DISINTEGRATION

annihilation, disintegration

(noun) total destruction; “bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll”

decay, radioactive decay, disintegration

(noun) the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

dissolution, disintegration

(noun) separation into component parts

decomposition, disintegration

(noun) in a decomposed state

disintegration

(noun) a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system; “a disintegration of personality”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

disintegration (countable and uncountable, plural disintegrations)

A process by which anything disintegrates.

The condition of anything which has disintegrated.

(geology) A wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

Anagrams

• disorientating

Source: Wiktionary

Dis*in`te*gra"tion, n. (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically (b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally. Motley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition