disintegrate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
  2. verb cause to undergo fission or lose particles
  3. verb lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

Etymology

Recorded since 1785, from dis- + integrate.

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