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US
/dɪˈsɪntəˌɡɹeɪt/
]
[ UK /dˌɪsˈɪntɪɡɹˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /dˌɪsˈɪntɪɡɹˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
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break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
the group disintegrated after the leader died
The material disintegrated -
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process - cause to undergo fission or lose particles
How To Use disintegrate In A Sentence
- The Mughal empire had disintegrated and was being replaced by a variety of regional states.
- King Edwards, for example are a dry floury potato that will disintegrate around the edges when boiled, so makes excellent mash, roast and chips.
- Further, interphase nuclei appeared disintegrated and some mitotic figures were clumped together.
- Families and communities disintegrate under the crushing burden of drug addiction.
- The Ottoman Empire disintegrated into lots of small states.
- He was a lawyer who had disintegrated under the strain.
- The vistas of fir forests, islands and lakes disintegrated into an outer London suburb and a mundane wife called Letitia.
- We talked to some authorities here, and they say it just -- "disintegrated" was the word they used, that mobile home community, where as many as eight people have perished as a result. CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2006
- Under the pressure that comes with a major final Boswell's chest-on, round-arm action disintegrated and Somerset cruised to victory.
- Instead they found a circular patch of badly charred and flattened trees 60 kilometres across, formed by the airburst as the rock disintegrated explosively due to the huge stresses caused by entry into the atmosphere.