1. Break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
   "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
    
2. (physics) cause to undergo fission or lose particles
   "The radioactive material disintegrated over time"
    
3. (physics) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
   "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process";
   - decay, decompose

Derived forms: disintegrated, disintegrates, disintegrating

Type of: alter, change, change integrity, modify

Antonym: incorporate

Encyclopedia: Disintegrate