disintegration

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A process by which anything disintegrates.
2. (countable, uncountable) The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
3. (countable, uncountable) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
4. (countable, uncountable) The process of radioactive decay.
5. (countable, uncountable) The process of radioactive decay.

Synonyms

decay

decomposition

dissolution

breakup

breakdown

splitting

radioactive decay

collapse

fission

dissipation

break-up

annihilation

decompose

disintegrate

degeneration

resolution

rot

demolition

discord

dismember

dispersion

disruption

dissension

dissociation

disunion

division

erosion

fall apart

fragmentation

fretting

isolation

knock down

maceration

nuclear fission

parting

putrescence

ruin

scission

segregation

separation

smash

solution

spallation

split

spoil

take apart

transformation

transmutation

wastage

breaking-off

Translations

désintégration

desintegración

αποσύνθεση

desintegração

disintegrazione

decomposizione

disgregazione

desintegració

Zersetzung

désagrégation

Zerfall

radioactivité

διάλυση

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration.