DISINTEGRATION Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

disintegration

noun

Definition of disintegration

as in decomposition

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Recent Examples of disintegration Understandably, supporters may wonder if this disintegration should pose any lasting cause for concern. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Son of a partisan fighter The son of a World War Two partisan fighter killed in 1945, Mladic was an officer in the old communist Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) when Yugoslavia's disintegration began in 1991. — Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Slow disintegration also appears in a triptych of videos by Ismail Ghanbari (facilitated by Tala Madani but not credited as a collaboration). — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Engineers expected the ship’s life to end with a fiery disintegration after toppling over, just as past Starships have done following splashdown. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disintegration

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Noun

Within an hour of searching the park, the city’s largest, police had found the body of a woman as well, this one in an advanced state of decomposition, leaving her unrecognizable.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
There is the Château d’Azay-le-Rideau on an island in the Loire Valley, plagued by flooding, as well as the opposite—receding water levels that expose its wooden, foundational beams to air and decomposition.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of decomposition

Noun

But he was plagued by guilt over his ancestor’s role in the trials, and felt compelled to explore themes of human character, greed, and social decay through his work.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
About 1 in 5 adults ages 20 to 64 has at least one untreated cavity, and nearly all adults 65 and older have dealt with tooth decay at some point, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of decay

Noun

Rather than suggesting an overarching vision of the artist’s corpus and context, a dissolution into timeless simultaneity prevails.

— Nicole Kaack, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2026
His departure, alongside that of Benny Gantz, effectively ended the national unity arrangement and precipitated the dissolution of the war cabinet.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of dissolution

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Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy spent a good chunk of his weekly visit with reporters detailing breakdowns that led to last weekend’s crushing loss at Denver.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026
The breakdown For Coty’s first quarter 2027 earnings, the 2% like-for-like sales decline shows an improvement on the last year, when revenues fell 6% and 4% in the first and second halves of fiscal 2026, respectively.

— Ella Graveney, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

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