disintegratingadj.
1. That disintegrates (transitive); reducing or tending to reduce to fragments; destroying cohesion or integrity.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decomposed > causing decomposition
moulding1684
mouldering1712
disintegrating1832
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > incohesive > relating to disintegration > causing disintegration
disintegrating1832
1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xii. 298 The disintegrating and solvent powers of chemical agents.
1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 220 Those disintegrating forces which have worked so powerfully in breaking up more than one of the States.
2. That disintegrates (intransitive); breaking up, going to pieces.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decomposed > decomposing, crumbling, or melting away
moultering1568
mouldering1599
dissolving1686
deliquescent1792
murling1827
decomposing1833
disintegrating1872
moulding1907
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > incohesive > relating to disintegration > disintegrating
breaking1853
disintegrant1866
disintegrative1869
disintegrating1872
disintegratory1878
disintegrous1885
1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada x. 217 A disintegrating race.
1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 124 Disintegrating red corpuscles are sometimes seen.
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