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as in crumbled
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as in destroyed
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as in decomposed
to go through decomposition
fallen leaves slowly disintegrate over the course of the winter
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as in crushed
to reduce to fine particles
modern air pollution is gradually disintegrating the ancient temple's irreplaceable friezes
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as in disrupted
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 disintegrated
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 June 2026
Any potential scoring opportunity in the fifth inning disintegrated after Dalton Rushing’s leadoff walk.
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Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
Blaine is disintegrated, while Sam is clearly changed.
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Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
Late Saturday, rescue crews were trying to determine whether the ValuJet aircraft disintegrated on impact or partially lodged itself in the soft, marshy terrain of the Everglades.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
The car completely disintegrated, damaging several other vehicles.
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Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
United could have disintegrated in the second period, fearing fate was against them.
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Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 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.
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Jason Burke,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
Trump is now the symbol, but the movement started in 1992, the year the Soviet Union disintegrated, Gone was the communist menace.
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Letters To The Editor,
Hartford Courant,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
The meteor — which is thought to be a small chunk of a much larger asteroid — was probably too small and traveled too fast to survive atmospheric entry and instead disintegrated entirely, leaving no parts of it to fall to the ground in the form of meteorites.
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Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 June 2026
Any potential scoring opportunity in the fifth inning disintegrated after Dalton Rushing’s leadoff walk.
—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
Blaine is disintegrated, while Sam is clearly changed.
—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
Late Saturday, rescue crews were trying to determine whether the ValuJet aircraft disintegrated on impact or partially lodged itself in the soft, marshy terrain of the Everglades.
—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
The car completely disintegrated, damaging several other vehicles.
—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
United could have disintegrated in the second period, fearing fate was against them.
—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 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
Trump is now the symbol, but the movement started in 1992, the year the Soviet Union disintegrated, Gone was the communist menace.
—
Letters To The Editor,
Hartford Courant,
25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disintegrated
Adjective
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The pre-crumbled stuff will be too dry for this salad, which benefits from the creaminess of the fresh stuff stored in water or brine.
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Top with crumbled cheese, drizzle of crema, dollops of salsa verde, and garnish of lime and cilantro.
Adjective
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Cells called osteoclasts remove old or damaged bone, while osteoblasts build new bone in its place.
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For the best results, use its gummies to help stall the process from within; apply its serum daily to repair damaged follicles; and schedule professional sessions for its Xvie XO Concentrate, a peptide- and exosome-rich treatment designed to reactivate dormant follicles.
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Remains of dogs too decomposed to be recovered were also found in the same field, the sheriff's office said.
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Every project should be decomposed into tasks, with explicit categorization of which are human, AI or hybrid.
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Often the materials are crushed, milled, then reused directly on-site at the job where they were removed.
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But most of those indigenous sites are inaccessible to the public, or they have been buried and crushed under the foundations of new skyscrapers and development.
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Meanwhile, its medium-range drones have also disrupted Russia’s supply lines to the front, and its long-range strikes have increasingly damaged Russian oil facilities that provide vital revenue for the Kremlin’s war effort.
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Record heat has disrupted schools and transportation networks and forced some tourist attractions, including the Eiffel Tower, to close.
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According to the officer, the decision to classify Sands' death as such was the result of the deteriorated condition of his body.
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Crews will spend several days rebuilding and paving each section before moving on to the next, according to a press release, and the project will remove deteriorated pavement before the application of new asphalt.
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According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.
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But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word.
Verb
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In order to have aqueous alteration there needs to be some internal heating [usually via radioactive elements] and if something forms later than everything else then there will be less heat [since many of the radioactive elements will have already decayed].
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But since sitting vacant, the property has decayed and listed in city property records as unoccupiable.
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