disintegrate
Word family adjectivedisintegrabledisintegrativenoundisintegrationdisintegratorverbdisintegrate
dis·in·te·grate /dɪsˈɪntɪɡreɪt/ verb 1 BREAK[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to break up, or make something break up, into very small pieces (使)碎裂,(使)分裂,(使)解体 The plane just disintegrated in mid-air. 飞机就在半空中解体了。
2 WEAK[intransitiveI] to become weaker or less united and be gradually destroyed 衰微,瓦解,崩溃 a society disintegrating under economic pressures 在经济压力下崩溃的社会
—disintegration /dɪsˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU] the disintegration of the Soviet empire into separate republics 该帝国解体成一个个独立的共和国