disintegrate

“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

Language is malleable, but it has to retain some meaning, or the boundaries of our society will disintegrate more than they already have.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

Almost 30,000 pieces of debris are calculated to be free-floating in space, created when rockets break up in space or satellites disintegrate.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025

If you share this letter with a non-Marveller, it shall disintegrate into dust.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

A squall of noise disintegrates into a martial riff that would send fans into a frenzy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

It’s a matrix light, a recombinant light that disintegrates hard lines and planes, rearranging objects to their essences.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

He poked at the steps on a back stairway and the water-damaged tiles disintegrated like soggy saltines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Then in a matter of weeks in 2011, Sokol’s prospects disintegrated after a controversy related to his personal stock trades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

Panther Lake also represents a step forward for a company whose manufacturing footprint disintegrated over the last decade.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

But then on Feb. 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry into the atmosphere, killing the crew of seven.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025

The rehearsals had disintegrated, Briony had retreated in a sulk, the twins were fooling about, and Lola, if she was as much like her mother as Emily believed, would be tranquil and triumphant.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The theater vanished into the green wormhole, disintegrating into a snow globe with the theater inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

"You know your health is disintegrating in front of you and there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it, apart from being told to just take the contraceptive pill so you don't have periods."

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

Structures made out of bed sheets and clothing—assembled by displaced Palestinians who haven’t received a proper tent—are disintegrating in the heavy rains and winds, leaving many out in the cold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025

The story of her disintegrating marriage to fellow writer Murray Bail makes for a slow burn of suspense and readerly alarm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

He stood up and straightened his disintegrating coat and then reached for me, smoothing my hair with his big hands and adjusting my bow.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly