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disintegrate

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪsˈɪntɪgreɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪsˈɪntəˌgreɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dis in′tə grāt′)

Inflections of 'disintegrate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
disintegrates
v 3rd person singular
disintegrating
v pres p
disintegrated
v past
disintegrated
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•in•te•grate /dɪsˈɪntəˌgreɪt/USA pronunciation   v., -grat•ed, -grat•ing. 
  1. to (cause to) lose solidness or strength; (cause to) break up or fall apart: [no object]At that speed the plane began to disintegrate.[~ + object]The bullets tearing into the house disintegrated the flimsy walls.
dis•in•te•gra•tion /dɪsˌɪntəˈgreɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•in•te•grate  (dis in′tə grāt′),USA pronunciation v., -grat•ed, -grat•ing. 
v.i. 
  1. to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up;
    deteriorate:The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
  2. [Physics.]
    • to decay.
    • (of a nucleus) to change into one or more different nuclei after being bombarded by high-energy particles, as alpha particles or gamma rays.

v.t. 
  1. to reduce to particles, fragments, or parts;
    break up or destroy the cohesion of:Rocks are disintegrated by frost and rain.
  • dis-1 + integrate 1790–1800
dis•in′te•gra′tor, n. 
    1. 3. . See decay. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
disintegrate /dɪsˈɪntɪˌɡreɪt/ vb
  1. to break or be broken into fragments or constituent parts; shatter
  2. to lose or cause to lose cohesion or unity
  3. (intransitive) to lose judgment or control; deteriorate
    • to induce or undergo nuclear fission, as by bombardment with fast particles
disˌinteˈgration n disˈinteˌgrator n
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