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Smash dish in the fireplace -- not hard at all? (12)

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disintegrate

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'smash' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for disintegrate that I've seen before include "Shatter" , "Break into little pieces" , "Lose all cohesion" , "decay" , "Crumble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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