1
as in decomposing
to go through decomposition
fallen leaves slowly disintegrate over the course of the winter
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2
as in grinding
to reduce to fine particles
modern air pollution is gradually disintegrating the ancient temple's irreplaceable friezes
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3
as in disrupting
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
a tornado disintegrated the building in a matter of seconds
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as in decaying
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Recent Examples of disintegrating
Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Hoss — who’s sensual and full of sad, smiling bewilderment without ever disintegrating into ditziness — makes a mature, deeply poignant Ranevskaya.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Images of a year of careful preparation disintegrating in three days of sloppy golf.
—Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Flaming debris from the disintegrating Starship was could be seen across the East Coast and into the Caribbean, with videos capturing the scene in the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and Florida as well.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
The young men not only face all the physical demands of competing at an elite level, but constant impediments that have to do with lack of funding and disintegrating infrastructure.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
But by 2007, our policy was failing and Iraq was disintegrating into a sectarian war.
—TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
The response in Europe to this whirlwind has been a combination of panic and confusion, as European parties from the left to the center right come to grips with the fact that the Atlantic alliance could be in the process of disintegrating.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Trust in information, identities and institutions is disintegrating, raising questions about their relevance in the future.
—Dan Yerushalmi, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
As the Snowball catastrophically collapsed once more, superhot oceans of meltwater, just offshore from rapidly disintegrating mile-thick ice sheets, drove some of the wildest weather in Earth history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Hoss — who’s sensual and full of sad, smiling bewilderment without ever disintegrating into ditziness — makes a mature, deeply poignant Ranevskaya.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Images of a year of careful preparation disintegrating in three days of sloppy golf.
—Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Flaming debris from the disintegrating Starship was could be seen across the East Coast and into the Caribbean, with videos capturing the scene in the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and Florida as well.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
The young men not only face all the physical demands of competing at an elite level, but constant impediments that have to do with lack of funding and disintegrating infrastructure.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
But by 2007, our policy was failing and Iraq was disintegrating into a sectarian war.
—TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
The response in Europe to this whirlwind has been a combination of panic and confusion, as European parties from the left to the center right come to grips with the fact that the Atlantic alliance could be in the process of disintegrating.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Trust in information, identities and institutions is disintegrating, raising questions about their relevance in the future.
—Dan Yerushalmi, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disintegrating
Verb
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Sometimes higher levels could mean more decomposing vegetation, not animal feces.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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Investigators found 189 decomposing bodies stored at room temperature at the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose in 2023 and charged owners Jon and Carie Hallford with abuse of a corpse, theft and forgery.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Instead, the army became bogged down in a grinding war of attrition, and the West was stunned by Moscow’s poor battlefield performance.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Although Moscow's ground forces are being chewed up in the grinding war in Ukraine's east, Russia has wound up its defense industry to backfill its constant equipment losses and regular strikes across Ukraine.—
Ellie Cook — reporting from Prague, Czech Republic,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Analysts, however, worry if the licenses will be approved fast enough to avoid disrupting operations abroad.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Soft-spoken and unrelenting, Alboury emerges as the only moral voice in a land of postcolonial abandon, refusing to let Cal get away with what may be homicide, while disrupting Horn’s romantic first night with Leonie.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Researchers from each, plus the United States, were attempting to decipher the challenges presented by opposing either a regime or a decaying democracy.—
Ron Scherf,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Their decaying carcasses led to the rapid deterioration of water quality and an explosion of harmful bacteria, researchers said.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jerry Jeudy makes far too much money to wreck possessions with two drops, one that killed a drive and another that resulted in a crushing interception.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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This is a big deal as the new process requires no crushing pressure or scorching heat.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, the proud mom swapped out her Facebook cover photo after the Super Bowl champion and the pop superstar announced their internet-breaking news.—
Sarah Jones,
People.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Jane Levere covers and analyzes breaking news about the arts.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Buy fresh-looking pumpkins without blemishes, soft spots, or rotting stems.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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It can also be used to describe the brain-rotting content itself.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And the thump, thump, thumping of her brother’s hands pounding a heavy bag.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
30 Aug. 2025
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These unofficial remixes, uploaded from unremarkable accounts, create a kind of Satie-esque audio overdose, pounding the band’s melody into abstraction, pure stimulus.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Disintegrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disintegrating. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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