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Meanings of disintegrate in English

Portuguese
putrefazer
Catalan
descompondre's

Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current.

putrefazer
Portuguese
dividir
Catalan
desintegrar-se

Break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity.

dividir
Usage of disintegrate in English
1
The UK could quickly disintegrate, especially if Scottish pressure to leave intensifies.
Independent.ie
2
Plastic, however, would take more than three hundred years to completely disintegrate.
Dark rivers of the heart
3
No wonder the coherence of the coalition message has begun to disintegrate.
The Guardian
4
If they allowed him to speak, he would disintegrate on his own.
NY Magazine
5
Because it lacks coherence, the idea of God is bound to disintegrate.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
6
The delicate tissue of knowledge began to disintegrate into fragments of superstition.
Star Maker
7
Forms disintegrate into the eternal nothingness from which there is no return.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
8
Now the race is on to survey them properly before they disintegrate.
BBC
9
The casing and firing mechanism are plastic alloy and will completely disintegrate.
Artemis Fowl
10
When He withdraws His will, the earth again will disintegrate into energy.
Autobiography of a Yogi
11
They are saying we will disintegrate, split or end up throwing chairs.
The South African
12
I somehow knew that if I looked, I would disintegrate into ashes.
The Lightning Thief
13
This is because satellites don't always disintegrate when they hit the atmosphere.
Wired
14
Crashing at this speed would likely cause the all-aluminum car to disintegrate.
Wired
15
Her foundations, such as they were, seemed tottering and ready to disintegrate.
The Price She Paid
16
The milk pack was soggy and looked as if it would disintegrate.
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