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Webster 1913 Edition
Disintegrate
Dis-in′te-grate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disintegrated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disintegrating
.] [L.
dis-
+ integratus
, p. p. of integrare
to renew, repair, fr. integer
entire, whole. See Integer
.] To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.
Marlites are not
disintegrated
by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.
Dis-in′te-grate
,Verb.
I.
To decompose into integrant parts;
as, chalk rapidly
. disintegrates
Webster 1828 Edition
Disintegrate
DISINTEGRATE
,Verb.
T.
Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
Definition 2024
disintegrate
disintegrate
English
Verb
disintegrate (third-person singular simple present disintegrates, present participle disintegrating, simple past and past participle disintegrated)
- (transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
- Kirwan
- Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
- Kirwan
- (intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.
Synonyms
- (transitive, to cause to break into parts) dismember, dissolve
- (intransitive, to break into one's parts) compost, decay, dissolve
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
cause to break into parts
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break up into one's parts
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Italian
Verb
disintegrate
- second-person plural present indicative of disintegrare
- second-person plural imperative of disintegrare
- feminine plural of disintegrato