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disintegration

[dis-in-tuh-grey-shuhn] / dɪsˌɪn təˈgreɪ ʃən /


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Bush nor President Mikhail Gorbachev anticipated: the disintegration of the U.S.S.R.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Aung San's wartime comrade Ne Win, who had taken the helm of the armed forces after the leader's assassination in murky circumstances, swooped in in a putsch he justified as protection against Myanmar's disintegration.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Jaglom’s 1985 film, “Always,” in which he co-starred with his ex-wife Patrice Townsend, was inspired by the disintegration of the couple’s own relationship.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

In the messages, the officer painted a picture of Hamas's internal disintegration and the near-total collapse of security across Gaza, which the group governed before the conflict.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

Within a few days, he proposed a solution: the protons were disintegration products not of the targets but of the deutons themselves, which were “exploding” upon contact with the atomic nuclei.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik