disintegrate

Example Sentences

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Today's outcome is a sorry end to a nightmarish year for Salford fans, who have watched their club disintegrate to this point over the past 12 months.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

When these shelves thin or disintegrate, that stabilizing effect disappears, allowing land ice to move more quickly into the ocean and raise global sea levels.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 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

But in the hand, it immediately began to disintegrate and blow away in the light breeze.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025

But they had to keep their clothes dry, because if they got wet, they would disintegrate.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata