disintegrate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
The material disintegrated
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
- powder hyponym
- powderize hyponym
- unravel hyponym
- crumble hyponym
- digest hyponym
- dissolve hyponym
- break apart hyponym
Related & opposite
- integrate antonym
- dissolution derivation
- disintegration derivation
- disintegrative derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause to undergo fission or lose particles
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- radioactive decay derivation
- disintegrative derivation
- physics domain topic
- decay verb group
Sense 3 verb
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
- radioactive decay derivation
- physics domain topic
- disintegrate verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | integrate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissolution |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disintegration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disintegrative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | powder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | powderize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unravel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crumble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | digest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissolve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | break apart |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | radioactive decay |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disintegrative |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | decay |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | radioactive decay |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | disintegrate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |