verb [VN]
1 to break into small parts or pieces and be destroyed:
The plane disintegrated as it fell into the sea. * The wall just disintegrated in a shower of fragments and dust.
2 to become much less strong or united and be gradually destroyed:
The authority of the central government was rapidly disintegrating.
disintegration noun [U]:
the gradual disintegration of traditional values
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