disintegrate

🇬🇧 UK/dis'intigreit/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To break up or fall apart into small pieces; to cause something to break into fragments.

(使)分解,(使)碎裂,瓦解

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
disnot, apart, away
+
integrroot
+
ateto make, having
=disintegrate

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The old structure began to disintegrate as the foundation weakened.

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