disintegrate

disintegrate
verb Date: 1796 transitive verb 1. to break or decompose into constituent elements, parts, or small particles 2. to destroy the unity or integrity of intransitive verb 1. to break or separate into constituent elements or parts 2. to lose unity or integrity by or as if by breaking into parts 3. to undergo a change in composition <
an atomic nucleus that disintegrates because of radioactivity
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disintegration noundisintegrative adjectivedisintegrator noun

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