A plastic bag can take up to a thousand years to disintegrate.
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Disintegrate
Synonyms for "disintegrate" (252 found)
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Strong matches (75)
deal a deathblowdebriefdecaydeclinedecomposedegeneratedeliquescedemobdemobilizedemolishdescenddetachdeterioratedisassembledisbanddischargedisimprovedisjoindismantledismember
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dismissdisorganizedispeldispersedissipatedissolvedissolve into chaosdroopdropeffloresceerodefadefailfaintfallfall into decayfall offfall to dustfall to piecesfellfesterfissionfissurefizzle outflagflourfly apartfracturefragfragmentgangreneget loosegive awaygive outgive the quietusgive waygogo badgo downhillgo separate ways
Related words (126)
go softgo to piecesgraingranulategranulizegrategrindgrind to powdergun downhit the skidsincineratejugulatelanguishlapidatelay lowlet golevigatemake mincemeat ofmashmildew
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millmoldmoldermortifymouldmouldermouldymuster outnecrosepartpart companypeel offpeg outperishpestlepeter outpick to piecespiecepinepistolpoleaxpoop outpoundpowderpull in piecespull to piecespulverizeputrefyputresceranklereduce to powderreduce to rubblereleaserendretrograderiddlerotrupturescatterscrunchseparateshardshattershivershootshoot downshoot to deathshotgunshredsilencesinkslackensmashsnapsphacelatesplintersplitsplit upspoilspring a leakspring apartsquashstab to deathstartstonestone to deathstrike deadsundersuppuratetainttake aparttear aparttear to piecestear to shredstear to tatterstoppletotaltrituratetumbleturnunbuildundounmakeunraveluntunevaporizewaste awayweakenwear awaywear thinwiltworsenwrack upwreckyield
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62 translations across 25 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dağılmaq verb (break up into one's parts)
Bulgarian
3 entries- разлагам verb (cause to break into parts)
- разлагам се verb (break up into one's parts)
- разпадам се verb (break up into one's parts)
Catalan
2 entries- desintegrar verb (cause to break into parts)
- desintegrar-se verb (break up into one's parts)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 分崩離析 /分崩离析 verb (cause to break into parts)
- 分崩離析 /分崩离析 verb (break up into one's parts)
- 崩潰 /崩溃 verb (cause to break into parts)
- 崩潰 /崩溃 verb (break up into one's parts)
Danish
2 entries- desintegrere verb (break up into one's parts)
- opløse verb (break up into one's parts)
Dutch
4 entries- desintegreren verb (cause to break into parts)
- desintegreren verb (break up into one's parts)
- ontbinden verb (cause to break into parts)
- opbreken verb (cause to break into parts)
Finnish
2 entries- hajota verb (break up into one's parts)
- hajottaa verb (cause to break into parts)
French
1 entries- désintégrer verb (cause to break into parts)
Georgian
4 entries- დანგრევა verb (cause to break into parts)
- დაქუცმაცება verb (cause to break into parts)
- დაშლა verb (cause to break into parts)
- დეზინტეგრაცია verb (cause to break into parts)
German
4 entries- auflösen verb (cause to break into parts)
- desintegrieren verb (cause to break into parts)
- sich auflösen verb (break up into one's parts)
- zerfallen verb (break up into one's parts)
Hungarian
1 entries- szétesik verb (break up into one's parts)
Irish
1 entries- díscaoil verb (break up into one's parts)
Italian
2 entries- disintegrare verb (cause to break into parts)
- disintegrarsi verb (break up into one's parts)
Lithuanian
1 entries- suskaidymas verb (break up into one's parts)
Malay
2 entries- bersepai verb (break up into one's parts)
- menyepaikan verb (cause to break into parts)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nedbryte verb (cause to break into parts)
Occitan
1 entries- desintegrar verb (cause to break into parts)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- پارچهلامق verb (cause to break into parts)
- پارچهلانمق verb (break up into one's parts)
Polish
2 entries- rozpadać się verb (break up into one's parts)
- rozpaść się verb (break up into one's parts)
Portuguese
2 entries- desintegrar verb (cause to break into parts)
- desintegrar verb (break up into one's parts)
Romanian
2 entries- dezagrega verb (cause to break into parts)
- dezintegra verb (cause to break into parts)
Russian
4 entries- разлага́ть verb (cause to break into parts)
- разлага́ться verb (break up into one's parts)
- разложи́ть verb (cause to break into parts)
- разложи́ться verb (break up into one's parts)
Slovene
1 entries- dezintegracija verb (break up into one's parts)
Spanish
3 entries- desintegrar verb (cause to break into parts)
- desintegrar verb (break up into one's parts)
- disgregar verb (cause to break into parts)
Swedish
1 entries- sönderfalla verb (break up into one's parts)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The parish register is so old that if you touch the pages the paper will disintegrate.
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Sami's dreams began to disintegrate.
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Microplastics — the remnants of plastic bags, takeout containers and straws that almost-but-not-quite disintegrate in the oceans — are found in 3 out of 4 fish, such as squid, cuttlefish and swordfish in markets around the world.
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