disintegrate
verb[I]
uk/dɪˈsɪn.tɪ.ɡreɪt/us/dɪˈsɪn.t̬ə.ɡreɪt/tobecomeweakeror bedestroyedbybreakingintosmallpieces:
分解,分化,分裂Thespacecraftdisintegrated as itenteredthe earth'satmosphere.宇宙飞船进入大气层时解体了。
The Ottoman Empire disintegratedintolotsofsmallstates.奥斯曼帝国分裂为许多个小国家。
tobecomemuchworse:
恶化;崩溃Thesituationdisintegratedintochaos.局势恶化后陷入混乱状态。
- Manymeteorsdisintegrate duringtheirpassagethrough theatmosphere.
- Theplasteron thewallswasbeginningto disintegrate.
- Therubberwasherat the back of themachineneedsreplacing-look, it hascompletelydisintegrated.
- Thearchaeologistexplainedthat thecloththisbroochwaspinnedto has since disintegrated.
- It's ok toflushawaytoilettissuebecause it disintegrates, butdisposablenappiesdo not.
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- bobbly
- break(something)off
- catch
- crack
- fall apart
- fragment
- fragmentation
- fragmented
- frayed
- in piecesidiom
- rip
- split
- sunder
- tearsomethingapart
- tearsomethingup
- teardown
- torn
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Deteriorating and making worse