- 1
To undo the integrity of; to break into parts.transitive
- Marlites […] are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
- 2
To undo the integrity of; to break into parts.; To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.transitive
- There is a Latvian gentleman named Theodore Nemor living at White Friars Mansions, Hampstead, who claims to have invented a machine of a most extraordinary character which is capable of disintegrating any object placed within its sphere of
- 3
To fall apart; to break up into parts.intransitive
- Hence they are eloquent, not of the present, disintegrating society and psyche, but of the unquenched source through which society is reborn.
- When people can no longer disagree intelligibly, a society disintegrates; where they need interpreters, they cannot either unite or emerge from conflict into unbelittling compromise.
syn. dismember · dissolve · decay · compost
ant. integrate