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disintegrate

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


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The scouts said the object climbed quickly before appearing to disintegrate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I figure it'll probably disintegrate and probably nobody will ever hear it, that's what bothers me... if it rots in there before they open it."

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

They disintegrate, scattering their molecules to the stratospheric winds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

This made me nervous, because if she suddenly lost control and appeared in her fully divine form, we would disintegrate by looking at her.

From "The Titan's Curse" 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

When you kill a monster in Final Fantasy, it makes a sound like a groan and disintegrates into sand.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Every robot that faceplanted, lost a limb, or disintegrated in a spray of sparks was borne away on a stretcher by human attendants with deadpan solicitude.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

He poked at the steps on a back stairway and the water-damaged tiles disintegrated like soggy saltines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

He points out that Russia virtually disintegrated twice in the 20th century, once after the Bolshevik Revolution and again after the Cold War, only to claw its way back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

When Sula came near she disintegrated into white dust, which Sula was hurriedly trying to stuff into the pockets of her blue-flannel housecoat.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

A new paper looking at the chemical reactions between water and disintegrating plastic offers a potential hypothesis for how microplastics might make us sick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 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

Structures made out of bed sheets and clothing—assembled by displaced Palestinians who haven’t received a proper tent—are disintegrating in the heavy rains and winds, leaving many out in the cold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025

Only this time it’s my heart and not my body that’s disintegrating.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins


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