disintegrate

Example Sentences

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Before it began to disintegrate, K1 was likely slightly larger than a typical comet, measuring about 5 miles across.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Pat, 64, says the village has been left to "disintegrate" and believes the role of the EU was misunderstood.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

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

Two decades after digital downloading was supposed to disintegrate the full-length LP, musicians seem as eager to collect and to sprawl — and sometimes to tighten up — as they’ve ever been.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

When a god assumes his true form, the power is so great that any mortal looking on him will disintegrate.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan