Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Disintegrate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
"The material disintegrated"
"the group disintegrated after the leader died"
cause to undergo fission or lose particles
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
"the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
To undo the integrity of, break into parts.