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   disintegrate

   /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 break upbreak apartfall apartfall to piecesfall to bitsfragmentfractureshattersplinterruptureexplodeblow upblow apartfly apartcrumbledissolvecollapsefounderfaildeclinego downhillgo to rack and ruindegeneratedeteriorateinformal:bustbe smashed to smithereensrare:shiverbreak downdecomposedecayrotmoulderperishcorrodedeteriorate
   • ▪ undergo or cause to undergo disintegration at a subatomic level: "a meson can spontaneously disintegrate"
   • 2. lose strength or cohesion and gradually fail: "their marriage disintegrated"

   Derivatives

   • 1. disintegrative adjective
   • 2. disintegrator noun

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