disintegration
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
in a decomposed state
Types & categories
- decay hypernym
- fragmentation hyponym
Related & opposite
- disintegrate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system
a disintegration of personality
Types & categories
- handicap hypernym
Sense 3 noun
separation into component parts
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
- fibrinolysis hyponym
- lysis hyponym
Related & opposite
- dissolve derivation
- disintegrate derivation
Sense 4 noun
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
Types & categories
- nuclear reaction hypernym
- alpha decay hyponym
- beta decay hyponym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
- disintegrate derivation
Sense 5 noun
total destruction
bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll
Types & categories
- wipeout hypernym
- extermination hyponym
Related & opposite
- annihilate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disintegrate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decay |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fragmentation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | handicap |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissolve |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | disintegrate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fibrinolysis |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lysis |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | disintegrate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | nuclear reaction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | alpha decay |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | beta decay |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | wipeout |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | extermination |