| has gloss | (verb) break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
disintegrate |
| lexicalization | eng: disintegrate |
| subclass of | (verb) change in physical make-up
change integrity |
| has subclass | (verb) break violently or noisily; smash;
break apart, crash, break up |
| has subclass | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"
powderize, powderise, pulverize, pulverise, powder |
| has subclass | (verb) become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized"
pulverise, pulverize, powderise, powderize |
| has subclass | (verb) become undone; "the sweater unraveled"
run, unravel |
| has subclass | (verb) break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"
crumble, fall apart |
| has subclass | (verb) soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
digest |
| has subclass | (verb) pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
dissolve |