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• v  break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
  The material disintegrated
  the group disintegrated after the leader died
• v  cause to undergo fission or lose particles
• v  lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
  the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process

• But the machine is incapable of reviving a whole dog more than about 15 minutes after its blood is drainedbody cells then begin to disintegrate.
• How vulnerable is the polar sea ice; how rapidly might the Amazon dry up; how fast could the Greenland ice cap disintegrate? That's why models like those from the Intergovernmental .
• Precisely dating the dinosaurs' demise is tough because most bones disintegrate before they can be fossilized.

• decay
• decompose

• integrate

News & Articles

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• Joan Rivers on Celebrating Birthdays: No Cake or Gifts That Disintegrate
  Joan River's always keeps it real. Which is why when it comes to discussing birthday gifts, she's not going to sugar coat it. "No gifts that disintegrate. No...
  June 10, 2013 - E! Online
• The Coastal Bend celebrates World Oceans Day Saturday with a variety of events
  Before you leave that empty beer can at the beach, keep in mind it takes 200 years for it to disintegrate in the ocean.
  June 7, 2013 - Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Quotes

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• Asif Ali Zardari in USA Today
  People around the world say that our country will disintegrate. Some say that fundamentalists will rule the country,Zardari told thousands of people who assembled early Saturday morning at the slain politician's tomb in southern Sindh province.
• Peter Schiff in Forbes
  The dollar is a basket case,said Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital Inc. "We are going to pay the piper for years of having the underlying fundamentals of our economy disintegrate beneath our feet."
• Imelda Marcos in Washington Post
  Each piece carries a message from Marcos saying the item is "guaranteed to tarnish, fall apart, maybe even disintegrate. When this happens, just be Imeldific! Be ingenious and find ways to put it together."