disintegrate
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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
When these shelves thin or disintegrate, that stabilizing effect disappears, allowing land ice to move more quickly into the ocean and raise global sea levels.
From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 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
But in the hand, it immediately began to disintegrate and blow away in the light breeze.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025
Old comets, heated by repeated passages near the Sun, break up, evaporate and disintegrate.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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