change integrity

/tʃeɪndʒ ɪnˌtɛgrədi/

Definitions of change integrity

1. verb

   change in physical make-up
   types:

   reform

   break up the molecules of

   polymerise, polymerize

   undergo polymerization

   polymerise, polymerize

   cause (a compound) to polymerize

   burst, explode

   burst outward, usually with noise

   blow up, detonate, explode, set off

   cause to burst with a violent release of energy

   cook

   transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

   break up, disperse, scatter

   cause to separate

   break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up

   become separated into pieces or fragments

   pasteurise, pasteurize

   heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms

   condense

   cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid

   evaporate, vaporise, vaporize

   lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue

   burn, incinerate

   cause to undergo combustion

   blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix

   mix together different elements

   disintegrate

   break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity

   decay, decompose, disintegrate

   lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

   inspissate, thicken

   make viscous or dense

   aerify, gasify, vaporise, vaporize

   turn into gas

   flux, liquefy, liquify

   become liquid or fluid when heated

   solidify

   become solid

   solidify

   make solid or more solid; cause to solidify

   crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize

   cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form

   break up, dissolve, resolve

   cause to go into a solution

   demulsify

   break down into components

   jellify, jelly

   make into jelly

   jellify

   become jelly

   separate

   divide into components or constituents

   break down, collapse, crumble, crumple, tumble

   fall apart

   carve up, dissever, divide, divvy, separate, split, split up

   separate into parts or portions

   consolidate

   make or form into a solid or hardened mass

   consolidate

   form into a solid mass or whole

   break down, break up, decompose, degrade

   separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

   copolymerise, copolymerize

   polymerize together

   fulminate

   cause to explode violently and with loud noise

   crump

   explode heavily or with a loud dull noise

   go off

   be discharged or activated

   dynamite

   blow up with dynamite

   belch, erupt, extravasate

   become active and spew forth lava and rocks

   break open, burst, split

   come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

   puncture

   be pierced or punctured

   bake

   cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven

   brown

   fry in a pan until it changes color

   coddle

   cook in nearly boiling water

   souse

   cook in a marinade

   micro-cook, microwave, nuke, zap

   cook or heat in an oven that uses electromagnetic energy

   blanch, parboil

   cook (vegetables) briefly

   overcook

   cook too long

   fricassee

   make a fricassee of by cooking

   stew

   cook slowly and for a long time in liquid

   roast

   cook with dry heat, usually in an oven

   braise

   cook in liquid

   fry

   cook on a hot surface using fat

   grill

   cook over a grill

   steam

   cook something by letting steam pass over it

   pressure-cook

   cook in a pressure cooker

   dialyse, dialyze

   separate by dialysis

   backscatter

   scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes

   peptise, peptize

   disperse in a medium into a colloidal state

   powder, powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize

   make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

   powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize

   become powder or dust

   run, unravel

   become undone

   subdivide

   divide into smaller and smaller pieces

   burst, bust

   break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

   smash

   break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow

   ladder, run

   come unraveled or undone as if by snagging

   crack, snap

   break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

   break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize

   break or cause to break into pieces

   condense, distil, distill

   undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops

   sublimate, sublime

   change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

   transpire

   exude water vapor

   concrete

   form into a solid mass; coalesce

   dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw

   become or cause to become soft or liquid

   gauge

   mix in specific proportions

   absorb

   cause to become one with

   meld, melt

   lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually

   blend in, mix in

   cause (something) to be mixed with (something else)

   accrete

   grow, accumulate, or fuse together

   conjugate

   unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds

   admix

   mix or blend

   alloy

   make an alloy of

   fuse

   become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat

   crumble, fall apart

   break or fall apart into fragments

   digest

   soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture

   macerate

   separate into constituents by soaking

   congeal, jell, set

   become gelatinous

   crystalise, crystalize, crystallize, effloresce

   assume crystalline form; become crystallized

   melt, melt down, run

   reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating

   freeze, freeze down, freeze out

   change from a liquid to a solid when cold

   dissolve

   pass into a solution

   cut

   dissolve by breaking down the fat of

   poach

   cook in a simmering liquid

   syncretise, syncretize

   become fused

   crush

   become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

   format, initialise, initialize

   divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data

   card, tease

   separate the fibers of

   filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain

   remove by passing through a filter

   extract

   separate (a metal) from an ore

   fractionate

   obtain by a fractional process

   fractionate

   separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents

   sieve, sift, strain

   separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

   wash

   separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

   break apart, break up, crash

   break violently or noisily; smash;

   disperse

   separate (light) into spectral rays

   avulse

   separate by avulsion

   sectionalise, sectionalize

   divide into sections, especially into geographic sections

   triangulate

   divide into triangles or give a triangular form to

   unitise, unitize

   divide (bulk material) and process as units

   lot

   divide into lots, as of land, for example

   parcel

   divide into parts

   sliver, splinter

   divide into slivers or splinters

   paragraph

   divide into paragraphs, as of text

   canton

   divide into cantons, of a country

   Balkanise, Balkanize

   divide a territory into small, hostile states

   type of:

   change

   undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature