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Disintegrate

Disintegrate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disintegrate? [v] break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" [v] lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; as of particles in nuclear fission [v] cause to undergo fission or lose particles, in physics Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disintegrate: decay \| decompose Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disintegrate: ablate \| abrade \| atomize \| beat \| bite the dust \| blow to pieces \| blow up \| brain \| bray \| break \| break down \| break open \| break to pieces \| break up \| brecciate \| bring down \| burn to death \| burst \| canker \| carry away \| cave in \| cleave \| collapse \| come apart \| come off \| come to dust \| come undone \| come unstuck \| comminute \| conk out \| consume \| contriturate \| corrode \| corrupt \| crack \| crack up \| crumb \| crumble \| crumble into dust \| crumble to dust \| crush \| cut down \| cut to pieces \| deactivate \| deal a deathblow \| debrief \| decay \| decline \| decompose \| degenerate \| deliquesce \| demob \| demobilize \| demolish \| descend \| detach \| disassemble \| disband \| discharge \| disimprove \| disjoin \| dismantle \| dismiss \| disorganize \| disperse \| dissipate \| dissolve \| dissolve into chaos \| droop \| drop \| effloresce \| erode \| fade \| fail \| faint \| fall \| fall into decay \| fall off \| fall to dust \| fall to pieces \| fell \| fester \| fission \| fissure \| fizzle out \| flag \| flour \| fly apart \| fracture \| frag \| fragment \| gangrene \| get loose \| give away \| give out \| give the quietus \| give way \| go bad \| go downhill \| go separate ways \| go soft \| go to pieces \| grain \| granulate \| granulize \| grate \| grind \| grind to powder \| gun down \| hit the skids \| incinerate \| jugulate \| languish \| lapidate \| lay low \| let go \| levigate \| make mincemeat of \| mash \| mildew \| mill \| mold \| molder \| mortify \| moulder \| muster out \| necrose \| part \| part company \| peel off \| peg out \| pestle \| peter out \| pick to pieces \| pine \| pistol \| poleax \| poop out \| pound \| powder \| pull in pieces \| pull to pieces \| pulverize \| putrefy \| putresce \| rankle \| reduce to powder \| reduce to rubble \| release \| rend \| retrograde \| riddle \| rot \| rupture \| scatter \| scrunch \| separate \| shard \| shatter \| shoot \| shoot down \| shoot to death \| shotgun \| shred \| silence \| sink \| slacken \| smash \| snap \| sphacelate \| split \| split up \| spoil \| spring a leak \| spring apart \| squash \| stab to death \| start \| stone \| stone to death \| strike dead \| sunder \| suppurate \| taint \| take apart \| tear apart \| tear to pieces \| tear to shreds \| tear to tatters \| topple \| total \| triturate \| tumble \| turn \| unbuild \| undo \| unmake \| unravel \| untune \| vaporize \| waste away \| weaken \| wear away \| wear thin \| wilt \| worsen \| wrack up \| wreck \| yield See Also \| alter \| break apart \| break up \| change \| change integrity \| crash \| crumble \| dissolve \| fall apart \| powderise \| powderize \| pulverise \| pulverize \| run \| unravel Disintegrate In Webster's Dictionary \Disin"tegrate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disintegrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disintegrating}.] [L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See {Integer}.] 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. \Disin"tegrate\, v. i. To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.

Disintegrate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disintegrate?

[v] break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
[v] lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; as of particles in nuclear fission
[v] cause to undergo fission or lose particles, in physics

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disintegrate: decay | decompose

Disintegrate In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*in"te*grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Disintegrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disintegrating}.] [L. dis-
+ integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr.
integer entire, whole. See {Integer}.]
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.
To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly
disintegrates.

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