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
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
The area also symbolizes an inevitable truth about London: Without the thronging masses of tourists, and the attractions designed to amuse them, the city might disintegrate completely.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025
With his hands dark black from the soot, he collects what he can, but many pieces disintegrate with his touch.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025
He thought that it might disintegrate, like the moth in the Red Room.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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