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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disintegrate \Dis*in"te*grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disintegrated}; p. pr & vb n. {Disintegrating}.] [L. dis- + integratus p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr integer entire, whole. See {Integer}.] To separate into integrant parts to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. --Kirwan. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disintegrate \Dis*in"te*grate\, v. i. To decompose into integrant parts as chalk rapidly disintegrates. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disintegrate v 1: break into parts or components; "The material disintegrated" [ant: {integrate}] 2: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; of particles [syn: {decay}, {decompose}]
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