Word Meanings - DISINTEGRATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure

Additional info about word: DISINTEGRATE

To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISINTEGRATE)

• Crumble
• Disintegrate
• pulverize
• triturate
• Dismember
• disincorporate
• detruncate
• Rend
• Tear
• lacerate
• divide
• separate
• split
• disintegrate
• disunite
• rive
• tear asunder
• Separate
• Part
• never
• disjoin
• divorce
• tear
• rend
• remove
• detach
• disconnect
• dissipate
• scatter
• segregate
• diverge
• Shatter
• Split
• disrupt
• derange
• break in pieces
• demolish
• shiver
• dismember

Related words: (words related to DISINTEGRATE)

• SPLIT INFINITIVE
  A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to largely decrease. Called also cleft infinitive.
• BREAKMAN
  See BRAKEMAN
• DERANGER
  One who deranges.
• DIVORCEABLE
  Capable of being divorced.
• DERANGEMENT
  The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity;
• DIVIDER
  An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
• BREAKABLE
  Capable of being broken.
• DIVIDEND
  A number or quantity which is to be divided. (more info) 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated
• SHIVER-SPAR
  A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
• DERANGED
  Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.
• LACERATE; LACERATED
  Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. (more info) 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate Southey.
• NEVERTHELESS
  Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet. No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness. Heb. xii. 11. Syn. -- However; at least; yet; still.
• SPLITFEET
  The Fissipedia.
• DISCONNECT
  To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. Burke. This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious
• SHATTER-BRAINED; SHATTER-PATED
  Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.
• DISCONNECTION
  The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union. Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. Burke.
• DISRUPTIVE
  Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.
• SPLIT SWITCH
  = Point switch.
• DISINTEGRATE
  To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.
• LACERATE
  To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
• WHENEVER
  At whatever time. "Whenever that shall be." Milton.
• MAKE AND BREAK
  Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
• BESCATTER
  1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser.
• LAWBREAKER
  One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
• DISSHIVER
  To shiver or break in pieces.
• INSEPARATE
  Not separate; together; united. Shak.
• DISJOINT
  Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
• OATHBREAKING
  The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak