disintegrate

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1785, dis- +‎ integrate

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɪntɪɡɹeɪt/
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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.
(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

integrate

Derived terms

Translations

cause to break into parts

Bulgarian: разлагам (bg) (razlagam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (all prefixed by 使 shǐ) 解體 (zh), 解体 (zh) (jiětǐ), 瓦解 (zh), 瓦解 (zh) (wǎjiě), 崩潰 (zh), 崩溃 (zh) (bēngkuì), 粉碎 (zh) (fěnsuì), 崩裂 (zh) (bēngliè), 分崩離析 (zh), 分崩离析 (zh) (fēnbēnglíxī)
Dutch: desintegreren (nl), ontbinden (nl), opbreken (nl)
Finnish: hajottaa (fi)
French: désintégrer (fr)
Georgian: დაშლა (dašla), დაქუცმაცება (dakucmaceba), დანგრევა (dangreva), დეზინტეგრირება (dezinṭegrireba), დეზინტეგრაცია (dezinṭegracia)

German: desintegrieren, auflösen (de)
Malay: menyepaikan
Portuguese: desintegrar (pt)
Romanian: dezintegra (ro), dezagrega (ro)
Russian: разлага́ть (ru) impf (razlagátʹ), разложи́ть (ru) pf (razložítʹ)
Spanish: disgregar (es)

break up into one's parts

Azerbaijani: dağılmaq (az)
Bulgarian: разлагам се (razlagam se), разпадам се (razpadam se)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 解體 (zh), 解体 (zh) (jiětǐ), 瓦解 (zh), 瓦解 (zh) (wǎjiě), 崩潰 (zh), 崩溃 (zh) (bēngkuì), 粉碎 (zh) (fěnsuì), 崩裂 (zh) (bēngliè), 分崩離析 (zh), 分崩离析 (zh) (fēnbēnglíxī)
Danish: opløse, desintegrere
Dutch: desintegreren (nl), uiteenvallen (nl)
Finnish: hajota (fi)
German: sich auflösen (de), zerfallen (de)
Irish: díscaoil

Lithuanian: suskaidymas
Malay: bersepai
Polish: rozpadać się (pl) impf, rozpaść się pf
Portuguese: desintegrar (pt)
Russian: разлага́ться (ru) impf (razlagátʹsja), разложи́ться (ru) pf (razložítʹsja)
Slovene: dezintegracija
Spanish: desintegrar (es)
Swedish: sönderfalla (sv)

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} désintégrer (fr)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} desintegrare

Latin: ^{(please verify)} desintegrare

Anagrams

reinstigated

Italian

Verb

disintegrate

second-person plural present indicative of disintegrare
second-person plural imperative of disintegrare
feminine plural of disintegrato

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