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Definition of Disintegrate
1. Verb. Break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity. "The group disintegrated after the leader died"
Specialized synonyms: Powder, Powderise, Powderize, Pulverise, Pulverize, Powderise, Powderize, Pulverise, Pulverize, Run, Unravel, Crumble, Fall Apart, Digest, Dissolve, Break Apart, Break Up, Crash
Derivative terms: Disintegration, Disintegration, Disintegrative
Antonyms: Integrate
2. Verb. Cause to undergo fission or lose particles.
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Related verbs: Decay, Decompose
Derivative terms: Disintegration, Disintegrative
3. Verb. Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current. "The particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Change Integrity
Derivative terms: Decay, Decay, Disintegration
Definition of Disintegrate
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.
Definition of Disintegrate
1. Verb. (transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To fall apart, break up into one's parts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disintegrate
1. [v -GRATED, -GRATING, -GRATES]
Medical Definition of Disintegrate
1. 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) Origin: L. Dis- + integratus, p. P. Of integrare to renew, repair, fr. Integer entire, whole. See Integer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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