disintegrate
dis- + integrate
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source: Janemba's Division For Defense GIF | Gfycat
verb no object
break up into small parts, typically as the result of impact or decay:
〈物が〉崩壊する, 崩れる, ばらばらになる;⦅くだけて⦆ 〈心身が〉弱る, 衰弱する
e.g. when the missile struck, the car disintegrated in a sheet of searing flame.
(of a society, family, or other social group) weaken or break apart:
«…に» 分解[分裂]する «into»
e.g. the marriage disintegrated amid allegations that she was having an affair.
Physics undergo or cause to undergo disintegration at a subatomic level:
〈放射性原子核が〉崩壊する 〘物理〙
e.g. no object : a meson can spontaneously disintegrate
e.g. with object : it has become a relatively easy matter to disintegrate almost any atom.
DERIVATIVES
disintegrative |-ˌɡrātiv| adjective
disintegrator |disˈin(t)əˌɡrādər| noun