disintegrate

v., -grat·ed, -grat·ing, -grates.

v.intr.

1. To become reduced to components, fragments, or particles.
2. To lose cohesion or unity: pressures that cause families to disintegrate
3. Physics & Chemistry. To decompose, decay, or undergo a nuclear transformation.

v.tr.
To cause to disintegrate. See synonyms at decay.

disintegrative dis·in'te·gra'tive adj.
disintegrator dis·in'te·gra'tor n.

verb

1. To reduce or become reduced to pieces or components: break down, break up, crumble, decompose, dissolve, fragment, fragmentize. See continue/stop/pause, help/harm/harmless.
2. To become or cause to become rotten or unsound: break down, decay, decompose, deteriorate, molder, putrefy, rot, spoil, taint, turn. Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed. See better/worse, thrive/fail/exist.

v

Definition: fall apart; reduce to pieces
Antonyms: combine, meld, unite

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IN BRIEF: To fall apart.

After fifty years in the landfill, the slice of bread still had not disintegrated.

Common misspelling(s) of disintegrated

• desintegrated

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - opløses i bestanddele, gå fra hinanden, bryde sammen, forvitre, smuldre
v. tr. - opløse i bestanddele, få til at gå i opløsning, få til at smuldre

Nederlands (Dutch)
uiteenvallen, (laten) desintegreren, (laten) afbreken

Français (French)
v. intr. - se désagréger, se désintégrer, (Physiol) se désintégrer
v. tr. - désintégrer, désagréger, (Physiol) désintégrer

Deutsch (German)
v. - zerfallen, (sich) auflösen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποσυνθέτω, αποσυντίθεμαι, θρυμματίζω/-ομαι, διαλύω/-ομαι, διαμελίζω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
disintegrarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desintegrar

Русский (Russian)
разрушаться, рассыпаться, разваливаться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - desintegrarse, disgregarse
v. tr. - desintegrar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lösa upp (beståndsdelar), sönderdela

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
碎裂, 蜕变, 瓦解, 崩溃, 衰变, 分解

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 碎裂, 蛻變, 瓦解, 崩潰, 衰變
v. tr. - 分解, 碎裂

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 와해되다
v. tr. - 와해 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 崩壊させる, 分解する, 崩壊する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكسر شئ الى قطع أو أجزاء صغيرة, يحطم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התפורר‬
v. tr. - ‮פורר‬

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