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# disintegrate

«disintegrate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To break into many small pieces and fall apart** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (disintegrate, disintegrates, disintegrated, disintegrating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To break into many small pieces and fall apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disintegrate/#m1)

2) To become weaker and stop working as a whole, like a team, plan or friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disintegrate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, rocks, meteors and old paper disintegrate; in space, a meteor disintegrates as it burns in the air; in stories, a group or plan can disintegrate; phrases: «disintegrate into pieces», «slowly disintegrating».

### examples

- The old book was so dry that it disintegrated in my hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disintegrate/#x1)
- The meteor disintegrated in the atmosphere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disintegrate/#x2)
- Wet paper soon disintegrates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disintegrate/#x3)
- The sandcastle disintegrated when the wave hit it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disintegrate/#x4)
- Their friendship disintegrated after the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disintegrate/#x5)
- Leaves disintegrate on the forest floor and make soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disintegrate/#x6)
- The rocket disintegrated in a flash of light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disintegrate/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: disintegration. Similar: crumble, fall apart, break up. Opposite: come together, integrate.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disintegrate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disintegrate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.