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disintegrate

 
/dɪˈsɪntɪgreɪt/ verb [I]

Translation

BREAK to break into a lot of small pieces
parçalanıp dağılmak, paramparça olmak
1967
GET WORSE to become much worse
dağılmak, parçalanmak
The situation is disintegrating into total chaos.1977
disintegration
 
/dɪˌsɪntɪˈgreɪʃən/ noun [U]
parçalara ayırma
(Definition of disintegrate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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