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disintegrate

verb
/dɪsˈɪntɪɡɹeɪt/UK

Etymology

Recorded since 1785, from dis- + integrate.

  1. derived from integrātus
  2. inherited from integrat — “intact, whole”
  3. formed as disintegrate — “dis- + integrate”

Definitions

  1. To undo the integrity of

    To undo the integrity of; to break into parts.

    • Marlites […] are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.

  2. To fall apart

    To fall apart; to break up into parts.

    • Hence they are eloquent, not of the present, disintegrating society and psyche, but of the unquenched source through which society is reborn.

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Derived

disintegrating link, disintegration, disintegrative, disintegrator, disintegratory, orally disintegrating tablet, photodisintegrate

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disintegrate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01disintegrate02undo03clothing04clothes05items06item07separate08disunite

A definitional loop anchored at disintegrate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at disintegrate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA