disintegrate

Etymology

Recorded since 1785, dis- + integrate

verb

1. (transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
   Marlites […] are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy
   1. (science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.
      There is a Latvian gentleman named Theodore Nemor living at White Friars Mansions, Hampstead, who claims to have invented a machine of a most extraordinary character which is capable of disintegrating any object placed within its sphere of influence. 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine
2. (intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.