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- Dictionarydisintegrate/dɪsˈɪntɪɡreɪt/
verb
- 1. break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay: "our shoes had to last until they disintegrated on our feet" Similar
- 2. lose strength or cohesion and gradually fail: "their marriage disintegrated"
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DISINTEGRATE definition: 1. to become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces: 2. to become much worse: 3. to…. Learn more.
1. : to break or separate into constituent elements or parts. The iron hinges were disintegrating into dust. 2. : to lose unity or integrity by or as if by breaking into parts. The relationship started to disintegrate. 3. : to undergo a change in composition (see composition sense 2) an atomic nucleus that disintegrates because of radioactivity.
When something disintegrates, it does the opposite of become whole; it falls apart. Objects can either disintegrate over time — like a tooth soaking in a cup of soda, or instantaneously — like a building disintegrating into dust from an explosion.
to become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces: The spacecraft disintegrated as it entered the earth's atmosphere. disintegrate into The Ottoman Empire disintegrated into lots of small states. to become much worse: disintegrate into The situation disintegrated into chaos. Fewer examples.
Disintegrate definition: to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate. See examples of DISINTEGRATE used in a sentence.
1. verb. If something disintegrates, it becomes seriously weakened, and is divided or destroyed. During October 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to disintegrate. [VERB] disintegration (dɪsɪntɪgreɪʃən ) uncountable noun. ...the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia. [ + of] ...the disintegration of an ordinary marriage. 2. verb.
Definition of disintegrate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dis‧in‧te‧grate /dɪsˈɪntɪɡreɪt/ verb 1 [ intransitive, transitive] to break up, or make something break up, into very small pieces The plane just disintegrated in mid-air. 2 [ intransitive] to become weaker or less united and be gradually destroyed a society disintegrating under ...
DISINTEGRATE definition: 1. to break into a lot of small pieces 2. to become much worse: . Learn more.
vb. 1. to break or be broken into fragments or constituent parts; shatter. 2. to lose or cause to lose cohesion or unity. 3. ( intr) to lose judgment or control; deteriorate. 4. (General Physics) physics. a. to induce or undergo nuclear fission, as by bombardment with fast particles. b. another word for decay 3. disˈintegrable adj.
