MEANING
Break apart into smaller pieces or cease to function as a coherent whole.
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Words that belong together
- disintegrate into dust
- alliance disintegrates
On the page
The fragile page began to disintegrate in her hands.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- disintegrate
- Past tense
- disintegrated
- Past participle
- disintegrated
- Present participle
- disintegrating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disintegrate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disintegrating
- Present perfect
- have/has disintegrated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disintegrating
- Past
- disintegrated
- Past continuous
- was/were disintegrating
- Past perfect
- had disintegrated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disintegrating
- Future
- will disintegrate
- Future continuous
- will be disintegrating
- Future perfect
- will have disintegrated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disintegrating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: disintegrate; disintegrates; disintegrated; disintegrated; disintegrating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: atmosphere, description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: disintegrates.
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