English to English

disintegrate
(d/I/s'/I/nt/@/,gr/eI/t )

verb (v)

  • break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity(verb.change)
    Example:
    The material disintegrated.
    The group disintegrated after the leader died.
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to undergo fission or lose particles(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current(verb.change)
    Example:
    The particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process.
    Synonym:
    decay, decompose
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.(verb)
    source: webster1913
Advertisement

Bookmark This Site