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disintegrate

[dis-in-tuh-greyt] / dɪsˈɪn təˌgreɪt /


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"I figure it'll probably disintegrate and probably nobody will ever hear it, that's what bothers me... if it rots in there before they open it."

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

When a brooding Pitt admits he’s had trouble with “family stuff,” the writer lets the sentiment disintegrate.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

“Only last month U.S. authorities said that it was illegal for countries to charge tolls on international waterways, so this threat may disintegrate when it hits reality,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

They disintegrate, scattering their molecules to the stratospheric winds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

The top ridge began to fall over and disintegrate into churning confusion.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

However, the US Geological Survey then clarified that the disaster was caused by a "glacial collapse", which is when a glacier or part of a glacier disintegrates.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

But if data disintegrates, he said, he would vote in favor of a cut.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

He adds that if we sacrifice that commitment for A.I., “you’d get to a point pretty fast where it just disintegrates and becomes the ugliest definition of the word product.”

From Slate Aug. 14, 2024

This produces a copy of the existing RNA strand before it disintegrates through the addition of water.

From Science Daily Mar. 22, 2024

I need only to think of Prim and all my resolve disintegrates.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Given how fragile it was, it may simply have disintegrated on the shelf and been overlooked or thrown away.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

He points out that Russia virtually disintegrated twice in the 20th century, once after the Bolshevik Revolution and again after the Cold War, only to claw its way back.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

It was a piece of old Nashville that’s slowly disintegrated.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

They have changed, there's no question about that, but they have not disintegrated.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2026

The societies of the Caddo, on the Texas-Arkansas border, and the Coosa, in western Georgia, both disintegrated soon after.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

They stored the item in water to keep it from disintegrating, marked down exactly where in the shipwreck it was found and placed it in a locked case.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

So does he have the numbers and is he willing to move – particularly if it is harder for him to point to Sir Keir's authority disintegrating because there is already a challenger?

From BBC May 11, 2026

The former, which Miller once considered calling “The Inside of His Head,” is fluidly constructed, playing fast and loose with time as it tracks the disintegrating mental life of down-and-out salesman Willy Loman.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

Gaye drew inspiration from his disintegrating marriage to Gordy’s sister.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2025

Every time he did, he saw his mom’s spirit disintegrating.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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