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desintegrar

to disintegrate

verb des-een-teh-GRAHR Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Also means

to break up

Usage Note

Desintegrar means to break something into fragments or components, used in physical contexts (nuclear desintegración, radioactive decay) and figurative ones (desintegrar un equipo, to break up a team). The reflexive desintegrarse describes spontaneous falling apart. It is fully regular. The related noun desintegración is common in physics and political commentary alike.

Examples

"La explosión desintegró la estructura del edificio."

Natural Translation

The explosion disintegrated the building's structure.

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