disintegrator

C2 Topic:War & Conflict

US /dɪsˈɪntəˌɡreɪtɚ/ UK /dɪsˈɪntɪɡreɪtə/ See IPA manual

Freq #57724

Meanings

1

noun
a fictional weapon or device that destroys matter by breaking it apart

Slim feared that the visitor's strange object was a disintegrator gun.
2

noun
a machine that breaks solid material into small pieces or powder

The recycling plant fed the brittle waste into a mechanical disintegrator.
3

noun
a person or thing that causes a system or group to fall apart

The critic described corruption as a disintegrator of public trust.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a fictional weapon or... disintegration weaponray gunenergy weapon

2 noun · a machine that breaks solid... pulverizercrushergrinder

3 noun · a person or thing that... destroyerdisruptor

Opposites

integratorassemblerunifier

Word family

Related forms disintegrate disintegration integratedisruptor

Etymology

Formed from disintegrate plus the agent suffix -or. Disintegrate combines dis-, 'apart,' with integrate, ultimately from Latin integer, 'whole or untouched.' The science-fiction weapon sense turns the literal idea of breaking a whole into parts into an imagined technology.

Topics

War & Conflict Word Formation & Derivatives

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# disintegrator

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪsˈɪntəˌɡreɪtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈɪntɪɡreɪtə/
**Frequency rank:** 57724

## Meanings
1. a fictional weapon or device that destroys matter by breaking it apart
2. a machine that breaks solid material into small pieces or powder
3. a person or thing that causes a system or group to fall apart

## Examples
- Slim feared that the visitor's strange object was a disintegrator gun.
- The recycling plant fed the brittle waste into a mechanical disintegrator.
- The critic described corruption as a disintegrator of public trust.

## Synonyms
- pulverizer
- crusher
- destroyer
- disruptor
- ray gun

## Antonyms
- integrator
- assembler
- unifier

## Related Forms
- disintegrate
- disintegration
- integrate
- disruptor

## Etymology
Formed from disintegrate plus the agent suffix -or. Disintegrate combines dis-, 'apart,' with integrate, ultimately from Latin integer, 'whole or untouched.' The science-fiction weapon sense turns the literal idea of breaking a whole into parts into an imagined technology.

## Topics
- War & Conflict
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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