transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪsɪntɪgreɪt ]
( disintegrates, disintegrating, disintegrated)
1.
If something disintegrates , it becomes seriously weakened, and is divided or destroyed.
During October 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to disintegrate.
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• dis‧in‧te‧gra‧tion
...the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia.
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2.
If an object or substance disintegrates , it breaks into many small pieces or parts and is destroyed.
At 420mph the windscreen disintegrated.
VERB : V
• dis‧in‧te‧gra‧tion
...the catastrophic disintegration of the aircraft after the explosion.
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