disintegrate
US: /dɪˈsɪntəˌɡɹeɪt/
UK: /dˌɪsˈɪntɪɡɹˌeɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
disintegrate /dis'intigreit/- ngoại động từ
- làm tan rã, làm rã ra; nghiền
- (hoá học) phân huỷ
- nội động từ
- tan rã, rã ra
- (hoá học) phân huỷ
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]1 to break into small parts or pieces and be destroyed: The plane disintegrated as it fell into the sea. + The wall just disintegrated in a shower of fragments and dust.
2 to become much less strong or united and be gradually destroyed: The authority of the central government was rapidly disintegrating.
disintegration noun [U]: the gradual disintegration of traditional values
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
break up or apart, shatter, come or fall apart, come or go or fall to pieces, crumble; decompose, rot, decay, moulder:
The fossil disintegrated in my hands.
Collocation
ADV.
completely
The plane completely disintegrated on impact.
| slowly
The social fabric of this country is slowly disintegrating.
VERB + DISINTEGRATE
begin to
The bag had already begun to disintegrate.
PREP.
into
The country has disintegrated into separate states.
| under
He was a lawyer who had disintegrated under the strain.
Concise dictionary
disintegrates|disintegrated|disintegratingdɪs'ɪntɪgreɪtverb
+break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
+cause to undergo fission or lose particles
+lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
