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disintegrate

[dis-in-tuh-greyt] / dɪsˈɪn təˌgreɪt /


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The Swift space telescope, which studies the most powerful explosions in the universe, will now likely plunge back to earth and disintegrate along the way later this year.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Tall figures, made in the 1960s, seem to disintegrate as we concentrate on the nuances of De Kooning’s touch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

When a brooding Pitt admits he’s had trouble with “family stuff,” the writer lets the sentiment disintegrate.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

"You can't move a mobile home that's been sitting for 25 years. It will disintegrate," says Mountain Meadows resident Ben Moore, 35, who first moved to the park with his father in high school.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Old comets, heated by repeated passages near the Sun, break up, evaporate and disintegrate.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

Lukas’ portrayal deepens as the marriage between Nick and Fanny disintegrates.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2024

This produces a copy of the existing RNA strand before it disintegrates through the addition of water.

From Science Daily Mar. 22, 2024

He moves to place it on her shoulders but the lace disintegrates between his fingers, falling into dust.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

That was before the alliance disintegrated, the two erstwhile allies turned on each other and the jihadists drove the Tuareg separatists out.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

Six weeks after the charges were filed, the case disintegrated.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 3, 2026

Newberry’s five-and-dime store, she worked for a month and a half to pay it off in installments, wearing it for years until it all but disintegrated.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

I scrambled backward as the roof disintegrated into a mass of falling rubble.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

That changed in April 2023 when unknowing construction workers unceremoniously removed a disintegrating Pinky from its eyrie.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 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

SpaceX confirmed with the agency that Starship was disintegrating 15 minutes after that, according to the documents.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 21, 2025

He twisted to the left to look; the greensword had burrowed into it, through the cracks, and now the rock was disintegrating into pieces.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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