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disintegrate

[dis-in-tuh-grayt] / 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

“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

Now, with those entry-level jobs disappearing, there’s danger that “the pathways that provide mobility disintegrate and you lose the American promise of opportunity,” Muro said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 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

Any attempt to free it made the cloth disintegrate into mold no different from the earth.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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

"And, again just like a truck, the protein is used again or recycled until ultimately it falls apart or disintegrates."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2023

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

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Every robot that faceplanted, lost a limb, or disintegrated in a spray of sparks was borne away on a stretcher by human attendants with deadpan solicitude.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Donald Campbell died aged 45 when the hydroplane flipped into the air and disintegrated as he attempted a water speed record.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

By 1946, the young republic had almost disintegrated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

They disintegrated as he pulled them from the wall.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

He walked up his steps, sat on his disintegrating stoop, and bowed his head as if in prayer.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner


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