(v) break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity, Ant. integrate, Example:The material disintegrated; the group disintegrated after the leader died
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disintegrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disintegrating. ] [ L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See Integer. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]
[四分五裂, sì fēn wǔ lièㄙˋ ㄈㄣ ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ] all split up and in pieces (成语 saw); disunity (in an organization); complete lack of unity; to disintegrate; falling apart; to be at sixes and sevens#43687
sich in seine Bestandteile auflösen; sich zersetzen | auflösend | aufgelöst
to disintegrate | disintegrating | disintegrated
zerfallen; auseinander bröckeln; rissig werden; sich zersetzen | zerfallend; sich zersetzend | zerfallen; zersetzt | es zerfällt; es zersetzt sich | es zerfiel; es zersetzte sich | es ist/war zerfallen; es hat/hatte sich zersetzt
to disintegrate | disintegrating | disintegrated | it disintegrates | it disintegrated | it has/had disintegrated