disintegrate
(verb)
verb
1. break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
- The material disintegrated
- the group disintegrated after the leader died
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2. cause to undergo fission or lose particles
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
3. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
- the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process
Similar word(s): decay, decompose
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