Dis-ïn’te-grāte, v. t.

[imp. & p. p. DISINTEGRATED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISINTEGRATING.] [Lat. prefix dis and integrāre, integrātum, to renew, repair, from integer, entire, whole.] ‘To separate into integrant parts; to break up the cohesion of; to reduce to fragments or to powder.’

Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.