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View usage for: (dɪsɪntɪgreɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense disintegrates, present participle disintegrating, past tense, past participle disintegrated1. verbIf 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. verbIf an object or substance disintegrates, it breaks into many small pieces or parts and is destroyed. At 420mph the windscreen disintegrated. [VERB] Synonyms: break up, crumble, fall apart, separate More Synonyms of disintegrate disintegration uncountable noun ...the catastrophic disintegration of the aircraft after the explosion. [+ of] More Synonyms of disintegrate disintegrate in British English (dɪsˈɪntɪˌɡreɪt) verb1. 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 4. physicsa. to induce or undergo nuclear fission, as by bombardment with fast particles b. another word for decay (sense 3) Derived forms disintegrable (disˈintegrable) adjective disintegration (disˌinteˈgration) noun disintegrative (disˈintegrative) adjective disintegrator (disˈinteˌgrator) noun disintegrate in American English (dɪsˈɪntəˌgreɪt) verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: disˈinteˌgrated or disˈinteˌgrating1. to separate into parts or fragments; break up; disunite 2. to undergo or cause to undergo a nuclear transformation as a result of radioactive decay or a nuclear reaction SIMILAR WORDS: deˈcay Derived forms disintegrative (disˈinteˌgrative) adjective disintegrator (disˈinteˌgrator) noun Examples of 'disintegrate' in a sentencedisintegrate In other languagesdisintegrate British English: disintegrate VERB If something disintegrates, it becomes seriously weakened, and is divided or destroyed. The empire began to disintegrate. - American English: disintegrate
- Brazilian Portuguese: desintegrar-se
- Chinese: 瓦解
- European Spanish: disgregarse
- French: se désintégrer
- German: zerfallen
- Italian: disintegrarsi
- Japanese: 分裂する
- Korean: 분열되다
- European Portuguese: desintegrar-se
- Latin American Spanish: disgregarse
Chinese translation of 'disintegrate'disintegrate (dɪsˈɪntɪɡreɪt) vi - [object]
支离(離)破碎 (zhīlí pòsuì) - [marriage, partnership]
崩溃(潰) (bēngkuì) - [organization]
瓦解 (wǎjiě)
Definition to lose cohesion The empire began to disintegrate. Synonyms cave in go belly-up (informal) Definition (of an object) to break into fragments At 420 mph the windscreen disintegrated. Synonyms break up shatter break apart fall to pieces go to pieces disunite Additional synonymsDefinition to fall apart or decay Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments.The chalk cliffs are crumbling. Synonyms disintegrate, collapse, break up, deteriorate, decay, fall apart, perish, degenerate, decompose, tumble down, moulder, go to pieces, come to dust Sometimes we just crumpled under our grief. Synonyms break down, fall, collapse, give way, cave in, go to pieces Definition to be unsuccessful in an attempt He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail. Synonyms be unsuccessful, founder, fall flat, come to nothing, fall, miss, go down, break down, flop (informal), be defeated, fall short, fall through, fall short of, fizzle out (informal), come unstuck, run aground, miscarry, be in vain, misfire, fall by the wayside, go astray, come to grief, come a cropper (informal), bite the dust, go up in smoke, go belly-up (slang), come to naught, lay an egg (slang, US, Canadian), go by the board, not make the grade (informal), go down like a lead balloon (informal), turn out badly, fall flat on your face, meet with disaster, be found lacking or wanting |