Disintegrate
verb
To break up into small parts or pieces.
The old building disintegrated into a pile of rubble.
Often appears as...
- disintegrate into pieces
- disintegrate under pressure
verb
To lose strength or power.
The political party began to disintegrate after the election.
Often appears as...
- disintegrate into factions
- disintegrate under pressure
verb
To stop existing or functioning.
The software started to disintegrate after the system update.
Often appears as...
- disintegrate over time
- disintegrate under stress
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Technical
verb
To break up into small parts or pieces.
The old building disintegrated into a pile of rubble.
Often appears as...
- disintegrate into pieces
- disintegrate under pressure
verb
To lose strength or power.
The political party began to disintegrate after the election.
Often appears as...
- disintegrate into factions
- disintegrate under pressure
verb
To stop existing or functioning.
The software started to disintegrate after the system update.
Often appears as...
- disintegrate over time
- disintegrate under stress
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Breakdown
Used to describe something that physically falls apart into smaller pieces, often due to age or damage.
The cookie disintegrated in my hands.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instantaneous
The process of disintegrating typically happens over a period, not suddenly.
The cliffs are expected to disintegrate slowly due to erosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Under Conditions
Often used to indicate that disintegration occurs under specific conditions, such as pressure or time.
The materials will disintegrate under extreme heat.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Breakdown
Used to describe something that physically falls apart into smaller pieces, often due to age or damage.
The cookie disintegrated in my hands.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instantaneous
The process of disintegrating typically happens over a period, not suddenly.
The cliffs are expected to disintegrate slowly due to erosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Under Conditions
Often used to indicate that disintegration occurs under specific conditions, such as pressure or time.
The materials will disintegrate under extreme heat.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Breakdown
Used to describe something that physically falls apart into smaller pieces, often due to age or damage.
The cookie disintegrated in my hands.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instantaneous
The process of disintegrating typically happens over a period, not suddenly.
The cliffs are expected to disintegrate slowly due to erosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Under Conditions
Often used to indicate that disintegration occurs under specific conditions, such as pressure or time.
The materials will disintegrate under extreme heat.
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Video examples
Einstein's Escape from...
for humanity. He wanted to give these things to the world, and interpret things as his reason for being, as his reason for existing. And he faced huge adversity in doing so. These tragedies and relationships that disintegrated, and governments that didn't support
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The ocean needs more...
situ and then as the diver is coming up through the water column towards the surface very carefully cradling this 2,000 year old object it disintegrates turns to dust it's gone it's lost forever except it's not lost because they captured reality I can stand here
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Meteor Showers 101 PIPE...
it's frightening to imagine all that interplanetary debris flying toward us cameras around the world have captured meteors falling from the sky and although some eventually hit most of them disintegrate or burn off the remaining pieces fall into the ocean
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Giant Ball of Squid...
only each one is only there for a few days so the eggs go from being laid to hatching in five days or six days or seven days and so as soon as that happens and they start hatching and swimming through the jelly it just disintegrates there's nothing there
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Could comets be the...
In some of the compounds that scientists found, first in the rubble left by a meteorite that disintegrated above northern Canada, and then in samples collected by a space craft from a passing comet's tail, were nothing less important than amino acids.
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Nicholas Christakis: The...
because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs. If I was always violent towards you or gave you misinformation or made you sad or infected you with deadly germs, you would cut the ties to me, and the network would disintegrate.
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Bill Doyle: Treating...
that are required for cell division that float freely in this soup in three dimensions. Importantly, those special proteins are among the most highly charged objects in our body. As cell division begins the nucleus disintegrates,
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
So you would think that the disintegration of basic law enforcement in the developing world would be a huge priority for the global fight against poverty. But it's not. Auditors of international assistance recently couldn't find
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James Hansen: Why I must...
this century or shortly thereafter. The important point is that we will have started a process that is out of humanity's control. Ice sheets would continue to disintegrate for centuries. There would be no stable shoreline.
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Why our universe might...
we would see atoms shrinking, neutrons decaying inside atomic nuclei, nuclei disintegrating, and hydrogen would be the only possible chemical element in the universe.
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Einstein's Escape from...
for humanity. He wanted to give these things to the world, and interpret things as his reason for being, as his reason for existing. And he faced huge adversity in doing so. These tragedies and relationships that disintegrated, and governments that didn't support
Video examples
The ocean needs more...
situ and then as the diver is coming up through the water column towards the surface very carefully cradling this 2,000 year old object it disintegrates turns to dust it's gone it's lost forever except it's not lost because they captured reality I can stand here
Video examples
Meteor Showers 101 PIPE...
it's frightening to imagine all that interplanetary debris flying toward us cameras around the world have captured meteors falling from the sky and although some eventually hit most of them disintegrate or burn off the remaining pieces fall into the ocean
Video examples
Giant Ball of Squid...
only each one is only there for a few days so the eggs go from being laid to hatching in five days or six days or seven days and so as soon as that happens and they start hatching and swimming through the jelly it just disintegrates there's nothing there
Video examples
Could comets be the...
In some of the compounds that scientists found, first in the rubble left by a meteorite that disintegrated above northern Canada, and then in samples collected by a space craft from a passing comet's tail, were nothing less important than amino acids.
Video examples
Nicholas Christakis: The...
because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs. If I was always violent towards you or gave you misinformation or made you sad or infected you with deadly germs, you would cut the ties to me, and the network would disintegrate.
Video examples
Bill Doyle: Treating...
that are required for cell division that float freely in this soup in three dimensions. Importantly, those special proteins are among the most highly charged objects in our body. As cell division begins the nucleus disintegrates,
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
So you would think that the disintegration of basic law enforcement in the developing world would be a huge priority for the global fight against poverty. But it's not. Auditors of international assistance recently couldn't find
Video examples
James Hansen: Why I must...
this century or shortly thereafter. The important point is that we will have started a process that is out of humanity's control. Ice sheets would continue to disintegrate for centuries. There would be no stable shoreline.
Video examples
Why our universe might...
we would see atoms shrinking, neutrons decaying inside atomic nuclei, nuclei disintegrating, and hydrogen would be the only possible chemical element in the universe.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
There's such cultural rot taking place, such a disintegration throughout our culture. Values, morality, you name it. Standards have been relaxed, and people are not being held to them. People's intentions, if they're said to be good and honorable, that's all that matters.
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Busta Rhymes
American Musician
I feel like the quality of privacy and respect of people's personal space has been completely disintegrated. You can ask to take the picture. I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture.
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James Hansen
American Scientist
Tipping points are so dangerous because if you pass them, the climate is out of humanity's control: if an ice sheet disintegrates and starts to slide into the ocean there's nothing we can do about that.
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Suharto
Indonesian Politician
We should not allow our republic, which was established with our sacrifice, to disintegrate. This would amount to disrespect for the heroes who sacrificed everything for the Republic of Indonesia.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Sin is very important to the soul because sin is what disintegrates the soul; it's what attacks the soul. Sin kind of is to the soul what cancer is to the body.
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Joe Sestak
American Politician
We need a president who will stand up for the CFPB and get it back into fighting shape. It is too important to be allowed to disintegrate.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.
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Erik Erikson
American Psychologist
You've got to learn to accept the law of life, and face the fact that we disintegrate slowly.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe
Nigerian Statesman
It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
There's such cultural rot taking place, such a disintegration throughout our culture. Values, morality, you name it. Standards have been relaxed, and people are not being held to them. People's intentions, if they're said to be good and honorable, that's all that matters.
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Busta Rhymes
American Musician
I feel like the quality of privacy and respect of people's personal space has been completely disintegrated. You can ask to take the picture. I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture.
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James Hansen
American Scientist
Tipping points are so dangerous because if you pass them, the climate is out of humanity's control: if an ice sheet disintegrates and starts to slide into the ocean there's nothing we can do about that.
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Suharto
Indonesian Politician
We should not allow our republic, which was established with our sacrifice, to disintegrate. This would amount to disrespect for the heroes who sacrificed everything for the Republic of Indonesia.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Sin is very important to the soul because sin is what disintegrates the soul; it's what attacks the soul. Sin kind of is to the soul what cancer is to the body.
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Joe Sestak
American Politician
We need a president who will stand up for the CFPB and get it back into fighting shape. It is too important to be allowed to disintegrate.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.
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Erik Erikson
American Psychologist
You've got to learn to accept the law of life, and face the fact that we disintegrate slowly.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe
Nigerian Statesman
It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces.
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