01 v. t. To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a ha…
imp. & p. p.
Disintegrated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disintegrating
-
1.
To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.“Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.” — Kirwan.