disintegrate
[verb]
Synonyms: break up, break apart, crumble, fall apart, go to pieces, separate, shatter, splinter

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Contrasted words: articulate, concatenate, blend, coalesce, fuse, merge, associate, combine, conjoin, connect, join, link, unite
Related Words: deliquesce, disperse, dissipate, scatter

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

dis‧in‧te‧grate /dɪsˈɪntəɡreɪt, dɪsˈɪntɪɡreɪt/ verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] to break up, or make something break up, into very small pieces:
The plane just disintegrated in mid-air.

2. [intransitive] to become weaker or less united and be gradually destroyed:
a society disintegrating under economic pressures
—disintegration /dɪsˌɪntəˈɡreɪʃən, dɪsˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
the disintegration of the Soviet empire into separate republics

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

disintegrate
verb
ADV. completely The plane completely disintegrated on impact.
slowly The social fabric of this country is slowly disintegrating.
VERB + DISINTEGRATE begin to The bag had already begun to disintegrate.
PREP. into The country has disintegrated into separate states.
under He was a lawyer who had disintegrated under the strain.

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