1
as in to decompose
to go through decomposition
fallen leaves slowly disintegrate over the course of the winter
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2
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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3
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
Organic materials like wood, leather, and fabric — which often remain remarkably preserved in the cold, low-oxygen depths — can begin to warp, crumble or disintegrate as dormant bacteria and fungi reactivate.
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 July 2025
Researchers think the deceased was buried in a wooden coffin that has long since disintegrated.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
Her dad used a rake, slowly attempting to pull the body out, but Johnson said the body snapped and disintegrated.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Minerals that disintegrate in the presence of oxygen were found locked up in ancient riverbeds older than a certain age.
—Laura Poppick, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 July 2025
Researchers think the deceased was buried in a wooden coffin that has long since disintegrated.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
Her dad used a rake, slowly attempting to pull the body out, but Johnson said the body snapped and disintegrated.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Minerals that disintegrate in the presence of oxygen were found locked up in ancient riverbeds older than a certain age.
—Laura Poppick, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disintegrate
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An American man who vanished weeks ago in Turks and Caicos is still presumed missing, despite the fact that a decomposing male body was found in the island paradise 10 days ago.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
16 July 2025
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What then starts is a roughly 30-day process where the body naturally decomposes and becomes nutrient-rich dirt.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
16 July 2025
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The fact that everybody was there and everyone was grinding, there was that little extra motivation to really get this thing going.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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This precise semiautomatic machine can grind your beans, push out balanced shots, and froth your milk.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
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Underneath the fun exterior, Red Bull was serious about its ambitions of disrupting F1’s front-runners and assembling a team that was capable of winning a championship.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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The industry’s year of strikes in 2023 also disrupted the flow of Hollywood movie releases to the local multiplex.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
11 July 2025
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However, when viruses were exposed to sunlight, many of them did not survive as long, decaying in under 24 hours.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The result was not only environmental catastrophe but license for unchecked consumption of cheap plastic goods that can take a few minutes to use but hundreds of years to decay.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Schwarber crushed a first-pitch sweeper, hitting the ball nearly to the right-field concourse, for the two-run home run in the third.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
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To obtain the copper ore, Resolution, which is owned by multinational firms Rio Tinto and BHP, will use a method known as block cave mining in which tunnels are drilled beneath the ore body, and then collapsed, leaving the ore to be moved to a crushing facility.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
30 July 2025
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At the time, Anduril was a startup with twenty-five employees, hoping to break into the defense business.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The trip included an awkward moment which garnered a lot of attention, when the President broke royal etiquette by walking in front of the Queen.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
14 July 2025
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This rotting food would inevitably emit a stench so overpowering that early European explorers, fur trappers, and missionaries were sickened by it.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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In a 1965 article from the Marion Leader-Tribune, Hoosier farmers statewide reported that roughly a fourth of their tomato crop had rotted due to unfavorable weather and a failure to attract enough workers.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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That first flight on April 28, 2021, was deep within the COVID-19 pandemic that pounded the airline industry.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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Play was suspended a couple of times because of severe weather, the occasional pounding rain and possibly lightning.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 July 2025
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“Disintegrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disintegrate. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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