disˈintegrated, ppl. a.
[f. disintegrate v. + -ed1.]
Reduced to fragments, broken up; broken off as fragments: see the verb.
| 1796 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 321 The felspar, both in granites and porphyries, is frequently found..in a decomposed or disintegrated state. 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc. Chem. 7 Disintegrated particles. 1869 Phillips Vesuv. v. 146 This volcanic dust is disintegrated lava. 1879 Church Spenser 62 The wreck and clashing of disintegrated customs. |