'Disintegrating' definitions:
Definition of 'Disintegrating'
From: GCIDE
- Disintegrate \Dis*in"te*grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disintegrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disintegrating.] [L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See Integer.] To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. [1913 Webster]
- Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. --Kirwan. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disintegrating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablative,
- biodegradable,
- coming apart,
- corrosive,
- cracking,
- crumbling,
- decadent,
- declining,
- decomposable,
- decomposing,
- decrepit,
- degenerate,
- degradable,
- deteriorating,
- dilapidated,
- disintegrable,
- disintegrated,
- disintegrative,
- disjunctive,
- disruptive,
- draining,
- drooping,
- dwindling,
- ebbing,
- effete,
- erosive,
- fading,
- failing,
- falling,
- flagging,
- fragmenting,
- going to pieces,
- infirm,
- languishing,
- marcescent,
- moldering,
- pining,
- poor,
- poorish,
- ravaged,
- regressive,
- resolvent,
- retrograde,
- retrogressive,
- rotten,
- rotten at,
- ruinous,
- separative,
- shriveling,
- sinking,
- sliding,
- slipping,
- slumping,
- solvent,
- subsiding,
- tabetic,
- unfirm,
- unsolid,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsturdy,
- unsubstantial,
- waning,
- wasting,
- wilting,
- withering,
- worn,
- worsening