disintegrate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
Etymology: Recorded since 1785, from dis- + integrate.
Base: integrate
Affixes: dis-
Inflected forms:
form: disintegrates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: disintegrating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: disintegrated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: disintegrated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To undo the integrity of; to break into parts.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Marlites […] are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
gloss: To undo the integrity of; to break into parts.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: There is a Latvian gentleman named Theodore Nemor living at White Friars Mansions, Hampstead, who claims to have invented a machine of a most extraordinary character which is capable of disintegrating any object placed within its sphere of influence.
gloss: To fall apart; to break up into parts.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Hence they are eloquent, not of the present, disintegrating society and psyche, but of the unquenched source through which society is reborn.
But Schneider has wantonly misstaged Lucky's monologue: instead of a recitation by rote of a travestied history of Western philosophy and religion that gradually disintegrates into chaos, we get a choppy set of starts and stops, as of a jalopy that cannot get into proper gear.
The left outer wing structure impacted the ground first; the No. 1 engine, and then the left main landing gear, followed immediately. The aircraft disintegrated, scattering wreckage over an area approximately 1,600 feet long and 300 feet wide. No complete circumferential cross-section remained of the passenger compartment of the fuselage, which was broken into four main sections and numerous small pieces. The entire left wing and left stabilizer were demolished. No evidence of in-flight structural failure, fire, or explosion was found.
When people can no longer disagree intelligibly, a society disintegrates; where they need interpreters, they cannot either unite or emerge from conflict into unbelittling compromise.
Chelica, who for years fought depression, especially sought to befriend people with troubles of their own, among them a man whose attire has varied from women’s wear to a kaffiya and Roman sandals and who often carries a boom box while engaging in violent monologues that sometimes disintegrate into curses at pedestrians.
Synonyms: dismember
dissolve
decay
compost
Antonyms: integrate
Derived words: disintegrating link
disintegration
disintegrative
disintegrator
disintegratory
orally disintegrating tablet
photodisintegrate
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: разлагам
roman: razlagam
lang: Catalan
word: desintegrar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 瓦解
roman: wǎjiě
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 崩潰 /崩溃
roman: bēngkuì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 粉碎
roman: fěnsuì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 崩裂
roman: bēngliè
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 分崩離析 /分崩离析
roman: fēnbēnglíxī
lang: Dutch
word: desintegreren
lang: Dutch
word: ontbinden
lang: Dutch
word: opbreken
lang: Finnish
word: hajottaa
lang: French
word: désintégrer
lang: Georgian
word: დაშლა
roman: dašla
lang: Georgian
word: დაქუცმაცება
roman: dakucmaceba
lang: Georgian
word: დანგრევა
roman: dangreva
lang: Georgian
word: დეზინტეგრირება
roman: dezinṭegrireba
lang: Georgian
word: დეზინტეგრაცია
roman: dezinṭegracia
lang: German
word: desintegrieren
lang: German
word: auflösen
lang: Italian
word: disintegrare
lang: Malay
word: menyepaikan
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nedbryte
lang: Occitan
word: desintegrar
lang: Portuguese
word: desintegrar
lang: Romanian
word: dezintegra
lang: Romanian
word: dezagrega
lang: Russian
word: разлага́ть
roman: razlagátʹ
lang: Russian
word: разложи́ть
roman: razložítʹ
lang: Spanish
word: disgregar
lang: Spanish
word: desintegrar
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پارچهلامق
roman: parçalamak
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dağılmaq
lang: Bulgarian
word: разлагам се
roman: razlagam se
lang: Bulgarian
word: разпадам се
roman: razpadam se
lang: Catalan
word: desintegrar-se
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 解體 /解体
roman: jiětǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 瓦解
roman: wǎjiě
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 崩潰 /崩溃
roman: bēngkuì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 粉碎
roman: fěnsuì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 崩裂
roman: bēngliè
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 分崩離析 /分崩离析
roman: fēnbēnglíxī
lang: Danish
word: opløse
lang: Danish
word: desintegrere
lang: Dutch
word: desintegreren
lang: Dutch
word: uiteenvallen
lang: Finnish
word: hajota
lang: German
word: sich auflösen
lang: German
word: zerfallen
lang: Hungarian
word: szétesik
lang: Irish
word: díscaoil
lang: Italian
word: disintegrarsi
lang: Lithuanian
word: suskaidymas
lang: Malay
word: bersepai
lang: Polish
word: rozpadać się
lang: Polish
word: rozpaść się
lang: Portuguese
word: desintegrar
lang: Russian
word: разлага́ться
roman: razlagátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: разложи́ться
roman: razložítʹsja
lang: Slovene
word: dezintegracija
lang: Spanish
word: desintegrar
lang: Swedish
word: sönderfalla
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پارچهلانمق
roman: parçalanmak