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disinflation
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disinformation
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disinhibition
disintegrate
disintegration
disintegration constant
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disintermediation
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disintegrate

dis·in·te·grate [ diss íntə gràyt ] (past and past participle dis·in·te·grat·ed, present participle dis·in·te·grat·ing, 3rd person present singular dis·in·te·grates)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. break into fragments: to break into components or fragments, or break something into small pieces or constituent parts

2. lose wholeness: to destroy the cohesion, unity, or wholeness of something, or undergo such destruction

3. nuclear physics split atom: to split the nucleus of an atom, or undergo atomic fission


dis·in·te·gra·ble adjective
dis·in·te·gra·tive adjective
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