disintegrate

1. Break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity (synset 200398482)
   "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
   is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-up
   subtypes:

   • powder, powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize - make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
   • powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize - become powder or dust
   • run, unravel - become undone
   • crumble, fall apart - break or fall apart into fragments
   • digest - soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
   • dissolve - pass into a solution
   • break apart, break up, crash - break violently or noisily; smash
2. Cause to undergo fission or lose particles (synset 200400274)
   referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   verb group: decay, decompose, disintegrate - lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
3. Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current (synset 200399980)
   "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
   referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
   is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-up
   same as: decay, decompose
   verb group: disintegrate - cause to undergo fission or lose particles

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