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disintegrate

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


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“Only last month U.S. authorities said that it was illegal for countries to charge tolls on international waterways, so this threat may disintegrate when it hits reality,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

They disintegrate, scattering their molecules to the stratospheric winds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Language is malleable, but it has to retain some meaning, or the boundaries of our society will disintegrate more than they already have.

From Salon May 10, 2026

The skins contain natural oils, and garments not kept in a temperature-controlled environment -- ideally off-season in cold vaults -- can dry out and disintegrate.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

“Now that Death is free, monsters will disintegrate and return to Tartarus again like they used to. But as long as the Doors of Death are open, they’ll just keep coming back.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

However, the US Geological Survey then clarified that the disaster was caused by a "glacial collapse", which is when a glacier or part of a glacier disintegrates.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

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

"And, again just like a truck, the protein is used again or recycled until ultimately it falls apart or disintegrates."

From Science Daily Sep. 27, 2023

I need only to think of Prim and all my resolve disintegrates.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

It was a piece of old Nashville that’s slowly disintegrated.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

They have changed, there's no question about that, but they have not disintegrated.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2026

Panther Lake also represents a step forward for a company whose manufacturing footprint disintegrated over the last decade.

From Barron's Jan. 20, 2026

My clothes disintegrated, victims of the sun and the salt.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

The theater vanished into the green wormhole, disintegrating into a snow globe with the theater inside.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 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

The former, which Miller once considered calling “The Inside of His Head,” is fluidly constructed, playing fast and loose with time as it tracks the disintegrating mental life of down-and-out salesman Willy Loman.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

It is on its fourth cheese supplier, and still is trying to figure out how to keep the cheese from disintegrating while the shell waits for fillings like ground beef and yet-more cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 22, 2025

At first, Jason thought the ghoul’s curly dark hair was disintegrating.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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