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to disintegrate
01
to break or lose structure and unity over time
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
disintegrate
3rd person singular
disintegrates
Present participle
disintegrating
Past simple
disintegrated
Past participle
disintegrated
Examples
Over time, the old paper began to disintegrate, turning into fragile fragments.
02
to break down or fragment into constituent components due to various forces or interactions
Intransitive
Examples
The asteroid disintegrated upon entering Earth's atmosphere, creating a meteor shower.
03
to cause an object or substance to undergo a process of fragmentation or breakdown
Transitive: to disintegrate an object or substance
Examples
The powerful explosives were designed to disintegrate the solid rock, blasting it into smaller fragments.
Lexical Tree
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