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disintegrate

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


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This kind of "odd" solid can even disintegrate on its own.

From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025

Were you to cook Swiss chard fully intact, without separating the stems and leaves, the leaf would disintegrate by the time the stems were tender.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

SpaceX, for instance, designs most of its Starlink satellites to disintegrate upon reentry.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025

With his hands dark black from the soot, he collects what he can, but many pieces disintegrate with his touch.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

If you don’t—sometimes on Dad’s boat we even hose them off—they’ll gunk up and disintegrate.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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