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disintegration

[dis-in-tuh-grey-shuhn] / dɪsˌɪn təˈgreɪ ʃən /


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Bush nor President Mikhail Gorbachev anticipated: the disintegration of the U.S.S.R.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Aung San's wartime comrade Ne Win, who had taken the helm of the armed forces after the leader's assassination in murky circumstances, swooped in in a putsch he justified as protection against Myanmar's disintegration.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

In the messages, the officer painted a picture of Hamas's internal disintegration and the near-total collapse of security across Gaza, which the group governed before the conflict.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

In the days since the government’s disintegration, Tadamon has illustrated the search for the missing, and for answers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

It seems to have spread as a kind of infectious disease exacerbated by the strains of ambition, affluence, family disintegration, and loneliness.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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