disintegrate

To disintegrate is defined as to break apart and fall to pieces.

(verb)

An example of disintegrate is the way a cookie falls apart in a glass of milk.

See disintegrate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb disintegrated, disintegrating

to separate into parts or fragments; break up; disunite
to undergo or cause to undergo a nuclear transformation as a result of radioactive decay or a nuclear reaction

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See disintegrate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb dis·in·te·grat·ed, dis·in·te·grat·ing, dis·in·te·grates

verb, intransitive

verb, transitive

To cause to disintegrate. See Synonyms at decay.

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