Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "disintegreer" is om uitmekaar te breek in kleiner dele of stukke, dikwels op 'n geleidelike of natuurlike manier, wat lei tot die verlies van die oorspronklike vorm of struktuur. Dit kan ook verwys na die proses van afbreek of verval van iets, soos 'n stof of materiaal, in sy samestellende dele of elemente. Daarbenewens kan dit verwys na die ineenstorting of vernietiging van 'n organisasie, verhouding of stelsel, dikwels as gevolg van interne faktore of eksterne druk.
1. One of the bows was equipped with poison arrows so strong it could kill an elephant within seconds, whilst a dagger had been imbued with a spell powerful enough to disintegrate armour.
2. They would feel leaderless without their master the thread that held them would break and they would disintegrate back into their component parts, becoming again the rabble they once were.
3. They watched it disintegrate and scatter away towards the purple-black sky.
4. I stared outside and watched the rain slowly disintegrate a pile of plowed snow in the school parking lot.
5. She certainly never expected to see everything disintegrate at once.