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
Players like Bobby Bonilla, George Foster, Vince Coleman, Jason Bay, Justin Verlander, Kaz Matsui, and others, came to Queens with high hopes that eventually disintegrated.
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Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
The top courses of the concrete block had disintegrated, and were nothing more than sand and small stones.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
Images of a year of careful preparation disintegrating in three days of sloppy golf.
—Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
The Kings couldn’t hide their disappointment after a late fourth-quarter lead disintegrated into an overtime loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
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Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
The top courses of the concrete block had disintegrated, and were nothing more than sand and small stones.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
Images of a year of careful preparation disintegrating in three days of sloppy golf.
—Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
The Kings couldn’t hide their disappointment after a late fourth-quarter lead disintegrated into an overtime loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disintegrate
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The clippings quickly decompose and return valuable nutrients to the soil.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Apr. 2025
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Authorities allege the teenager fatally shot the couple at their home outside Milwaukee in February and lived with the decomposing bodies for weeks before fleeing with $14,000 cash, passports and the family dog.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2025
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Just grinding that long, and then to finally get back.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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The place is a hit, though amid the music and revelry and sweaty bumping and grinding, Smoke and Stack have their hands full, making sure, for instance, that their patrons don’t try to pay for their drinks with wooden nickels.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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When someone has it, their immune system goes into overdrive, producing more antibodies (or immunoglobulins, hence the name) than necessary that disrupt typical organ function.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The administration’s moves will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases and disrupt a program that provides health care to emergency personnel who responded to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.—
Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
21 Apr. 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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The other wildcard for Apple is what Europe will do in the form of retaliatory measures for what Trump announced last Wednesday evening that crushed the stock market on Thursday and Friday.—
Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Atlanta Braves were recently dealt a crushing blow when outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for 80 games after testing positive for PEDs.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Unless someone inside the federal government continues to ensure the liquid nitrogen doesn’t totally evaporate, the samples will eventually defrost and begin to rot, according to three staff researchers who work with such materials.—
Caroline Haskins,
Wired News,
17 Apr. 2025
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All that — that’s what came turning around the corner late Sunday afternoon, striding through a tunnel of fans off Augusta’s 18th green, walking without a shadow despite a shallow sun; arms extended, eyes welling, chest pounding.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Deadly flooding in the South and Midwest The mother of a 9-year-old boy is speaking out after he was swept away and killed by floodwaters in Kentucky during the four days of historic storms that pounded the region.—
Chris Looft,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Disintegrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disintegrate. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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