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disintegrating

ADJECTIVE
crumbling
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ADJECTIVE
rotting
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NOUN
corrosiveness
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In "The Disintegrating Student," Jeannine Jannot writes about high-performing kids who give up when they begin to struggle.

From Salon • May 1, 2022

Disintegrating permafrost, which now glues a glacier’s rocks together, can cause them to crumble with potentially devastating consequences.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2019

Disintegrating in her hand, crumbling into thin brown flakes.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2015

Bald Count Alfred, pacing the platform and waving a cane, spoke on "Neuro-linguistic and Neuro-semantic Factors in a Disintegrating Culture."

From Time Magazine Archive

Disintegrating effects of carbonic acid.—The disintegration of granite is a striking feature of large districts in Auvergne, especially in the neighborhood of Clermont.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir




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