Associations to the word «Disintegrate»

Wiktionary

DISINTEGRATE, verb. (transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
DISINTEGRATE, verb. (intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.

Dictionary definition

DISINTEGRATE, verb. Break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died".
DISINTEGRATE, verb. Cause to undergo fission or lose particles.
DISINTEGRATE, verb. Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.