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as in decomposes
to go through decomposition
fallen leaves slowly disintegrate over the course of the winter
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as in grinds
to reduce to fine particles
modern air pollution is gradually disintegrating the ancient temple's irreplaceable friezes
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as in disrupts
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
a tornado disintegrated the building in a matter of seconds
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Recent Examples of disintegrates
Even those who can afford to stay suffer losses in home equity and lifestyle as the community around them disintegrates or disappears.
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The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Even those who can afford to stay suffer losses in home equity and lifestyle as the community around them disintegrates or disappears.
—Zac Taylor, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
None are quite about the conflicting frames of reference and value that arise when an ancient cultural formation disintegrates and a successor has yet to take its place.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The skin stretches out and disintegrates, posing a risk of limb amputation.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 17 May 2026
The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 May 2026
But shortly thereafter, its nucleus fragments and quickly disintegrates.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The café disintegrates, white-peach mimosas lost forever.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
If the American state disintegrates, future postmortems are unlikely to focus much on measles, or on rotavirus vaccination rates.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Even those who can afford to stay suffer losses in home equity and lifestyle as the community around them disintegrates or disappears.
—Zac Taylor, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
None are quite about the conflicting frames of reference and value that arise when an ancient cultural formation disintegrates and a successor has yet to take its place.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The skin stretches out and disintegrates, posing a risk of limb amputation.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 17 May 2026
The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 May 2026
But shortly thereafter, its nucleus fragments and quickly disintegrates.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The café disintegrates, white-peach mimosas lost forever.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
If the American state disintegrates, future postmortems are unlikely to focus much on measles, or on rotavirus vaccination rates.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disintegrates
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The research team enabled a room-temperature, four-electron chemical reaction path that forms and decomposes lithium oxide, which expands available energy storage.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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Organic material trapped in reservoirs accumulates and decomposes over time, releasing methane — a potent greenhouse gas that significantly contributes to global warming, Fernández-Garrido told CNN.—
Radina Gigova,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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Decision speed grinds to a halt when every choice has to work its way through layers of process.—
Nick Chandi,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Sorry for the rant, but this one really grinds my gears.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Elizalde’s model at Viva disrupts the way business has been done in the past.—
Karen Idelson,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Papercut disrupts that, if only momentarily.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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In theory, beryllium-8 normally decays into two helium-4 nuclei.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
19 Mar. 2026
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This state then decays through a two-step cascade, releasing two photons in rapid succession.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Teams go bonkers when the player pounds their school name on the bracket.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2026
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Rain pounds down in a stinging curtain.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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The dam breaks, and Regina splits into laughter at Jobim’s deadpan devolution into nonsense.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
13 June 2026
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Who is responsible when a robot breaks something or injures someone?—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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Parents used to tell their children that television rots the brain; now it’s considered a medium for legitimate art.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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Training plants to stay off the ground instead of trailing prevents many common fungal diseases, fruit spots, and rots.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 May 2026
Verb
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An Ice Shaver crushes ice into a snow-like texture for slushies, snow cones or cold drinks.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2026
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Lady Gaga, crushes, Tom Cruise, and movie theaters — the through-line for this week is obsession.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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