disintegrate

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1785, dis- +‎ integrate

Verb

disintegrate (third-person singular simple present disintegrates, present participle disintegrating, simple past and past participle disintegrated)

1. (transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
2. (intransitive) To fall apart, break up into one's parts.

Synonyms

• (transitive, to cause to break into parts) dismember, dissolve
• (intransitive, to break into one's parts) compost, decay, dissolve

Antonyms

• integrate

Derived terms

• disintegration
• disintegrative
• disintegrator

Translations

cause to break into parts

Bulgarian: разлагам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: (all prefixed by 使 shǐ) 解體 (cmn), 解体 (cmn) (jiětǐ), 瓦解 (cmn), 瓦解 (cmn) (wǎjiě), 崩潰 (cmn), 崩溃 (cmn) (bēngkuì), 粉碎 (cmn) (fěnsuì), 崩裂 (cmn) (bēngliè), 分崩離析 (cmn), 分崩离析 (cmn) (fēnbēnglíxī)

Dutch: desintegreren, ontbinden, opbreken Finnish: hajottaa (fi) Russian: разлагать (ru) (razlagát') impf., разложить (ru) (razložít') pf. Spanish: disgregar (es)

break up into one's parts

Bulgarian: разлагам се (bg), разпадам се (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 解體 (cmn), 解体 (cmn) (jiětǐ), 瓦解 (cmn), 瓦解 (cmn) (wǎjiě), 崩潰 (cmn), 崩溃 (cmn) (bēngkuì), 粉碎 (cmn) (fěnsuì), 崩裂 (cmn) (bēngliè), 分崩離析 (cmn), 分崩离析 (cmn) (fēnbēnglíxī)

Dutch: desintegreren, uiteenvallen Finnish: hajota (fi) Russian: разлагаться (ru) (razlagát'sja) impf., разложиться (ru) (razložít'sja) pf. Spanish: desintegrar (es)

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Danish: opløse, desintegrere French: désintégrer German: desintegrieren

Italian: desintegrare Latin: desintegrare

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Italian

Verb

disintegrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disintegrare
2. second-person plural imperative of disintegrare
3. Feminine plural of disintegrato