DISINTEGRATE Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

disintegrate

verb

(ˌ)dis-ˈin-tə-ˌgrāt

Definition of disintegrate

as in to decompose

to go through decomposition fallen leaves slowly disintegrate over the course of the winter

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as in to grind

to reduce to fine particles modern air pollution is gradually disintegrating the ancient temple's irreplaceable friezes

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as in to disrupt

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 disintegrate Flights in early 2025, though, ended in a series of failures including two in which the Starship upper stage disintegrated in a fiery cascade of debris across the skies visible from Florida and the Caribbean. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026 Rainfall likely caused any additional meteorite fragments that fell outside to disintegrate. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 Others rot in the California sun, disintegrating into bony fragments. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 In the two-thousands, after the State disintegrated, Wain and two other members, Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black, formed the trio Stella, which helped define New York’s downtown alt-comedy scene. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for disintegrate

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Authorities said the remains included bones believed to belong to four newborns and the decomposing body of a fifth.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Ament revisited his archive of decomposing negatives with his brother, designer Barry Ament, a few years ago.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026

Definition of decompose

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People use it to make industrial tools such as drill bits and grinding wheels for heavy machinery.

— Robin Macaluso, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Russia’s war on Ukraine has become a grinding tally of raw numbers, and Kyiv is executing its strategy with the ruthlessness of a corporate efficiency expert, according to the RAND think tank.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of grind

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Event speakers on Thursday acknowledged the roadblocks facing foreign companies in Venezuela, including decaying infrastructure, political uncertainty and the instability wrought by June’s devastating earthquake.

— Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Second, the array will track decay pathways that mirror stellar reactions, showing how heavy elements form during supernovae and neutron star collisions.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of decay

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Bauers then crushed a three-run homer to right, the ball leaving his bat at 110 mph and traveling 424 feet, for a 6-0 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
The death toll rose to 57 on Friday on the Spanish side of the border, Reuters reported, including some who drowned and others who were crushed while trying to climb the breakwater that holds the border fence.

— Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of crush

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Lauren Harper, was breaking department rules, and potentially the law, by having sex in parking lots and along streets.

— Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
If the turbine components are off by even a fraction of a millimeter, intense rotational speeds can cause severe vibrations and break the helium seals.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026

Definition of break

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Second, and perhaps more scientific (as far as these things go) is the fact that Sunfyre had not, in any way, begun to rot.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The result will be a multi-trunk tree with weak branches growing from a rotting stump that can attract pests like termites and carpenter ants.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of rot

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Rainwater rushed into Filament Theatre in the Portage Park neighborhood on Monday as severe storms pounded the Chicago area.

— Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 31 July 2026
The Jordan and James camps will continue to pound away at each other from their baselines, back and forth, making the rest of us who are undecided feel like chair umpires at a tennis match, head on a swivel.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 July 2026

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