1. (

• disintegrate ,
• decay ,
• decompose ,

) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" ;

2. (

• decay ,
• crumble ,
• dilapidate

) fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" ;

3. (

• decay ,

) undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated" ;

1. (

• decayed ,
• rotten ,
• rotted

) damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" ;