disintegrate
Example Sentences
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Before it began to disintegrate, K1 was likely slightly larger than a typical comet, measuring about 5 miles across.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
Plastic wipes don't disintegrate when flushed down the toilet, so when oil and fat congeal on them, so-called fatbergs form in sewers, which water companies say cost them £200m a year to clear.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
Were you to cook Swiss chard fully intact, without separating the stems and leaves, the leaf would disintegrate by the time the stems were tender.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
SpaceX, for instance, designs most of its Starlink satellites to disintegrate upon reentry.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025
Toward the end of 1998, things really began to disintegrate for my family.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
