DISINTEGRATE Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

disintegrate

verb

(ˌ)dis-ˈin-tə-ˌgrāt

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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 And while most of the spacecraft will likely disintegrate in a flaming blaze during reentry, a few components could survive, according to NASA. —

Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026 Watched behind his closed eyelids the eruption of strange visual forms, shapes of light blooming and disintegrating, blue green and yellow. —

Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026 Is there also a whiff of nostalgia in the slow movement, for a world disintegrating in brutality? —

Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026 There was more funding for higher education, less restrictive laws, lower voting ages, better reproductive rights for women and easier divorces, while icons of popular culture gained far greater prominence and influence as stuffy hierarchies disintegrated. —

Jason Burke, Time, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disintegrate

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The Rockaway Times reported the last whale to wash up on the Rockaways was in May 2025, when the decomposing humpback whale showed up on the beach.

— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Samantha Johnson received a 15-year, 8-month prison sentence from a Merced County Superior Court judge, ending a four-year legal saga that began in March 2022 with the discovery of Sophia’s decomposing body in this Central Valley city.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026