disintegrate

disintegrate
1. intransitive verb
zerfallen; (shatter suddenly) zerbersten; (fig.) sich auflösen
2. transitive verb
zerstören
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[dis'intiɡreit]
verb
(to (cause to) fall to pieces: The paper bag was so wet that the bottom disintegrated and all the groceries fell out.) auflösen
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dis·in·te·grate
[dɪˈsɪntɪgreɪt, AM -t̬ə-]
I. vi
1. (break apart) zerfallen
2. (be divided)
▪ to \disintegrate into sth empire in etw akk zerfallen
3. (fig) marriage zerbrechen
to \disintegrate into chaos sich akk in Chaos auflösen
4. (fam: break down) einen Nervenzusammenbruch kriegen fam
5. NUCL atom sich akk in seine Bestandteile auflösen
II. vt NUCL
to \disintegrate an atom ein Atom in seine Bestandteile auflösen
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[dIs'IntIgreɪt]
1. vi
zerfallen; (rock, cement) auseinanderbröckeln; (road surface) rissig werden; (car) sich in seine Bestandteile auflösen; (group, institution) sich auflösen; (marriage, society, theory) zusammenbrechen; (family) auseinandergehen

to disintegrate into civil war/chaos — in den Bürgerkrieg/ins Chaos versinken

2. vt
zerfallen lassen; rock, cement auseinanderbröckeln lassen; road surface brüchig werden lassen; group, institution auflösen; theory zusammenbrechen lassen
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disintegrate [ˌdısˈıntəɡreıt]
A v/t
1. auch PHYS (in seine Bestandteile) auflösen, aufspalten
2. zerkleinern
3. zertrümmern, zerstören
4. fig auflösen, zersetzen
B v/i
1. sich aufspalten oder auflösen
2. ver-, zerfallen (beide auch fig)
3. GEOL verwittern
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1. intransitive verb
zerfallen; (shatter suddenly) zerbersten; (fig.) sich auflösen
2. transitive verb
zerstören
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v.
auflösen v.
zerfallen v.
zersetzen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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