disintegrative

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Asymmetrical attacks become more frequent as the disintegrative phase progresses, and become the defining feature during an “age of discord.”

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2019

When an individual encounters environmental stressors, this frictional stress can cause a personality to experience disintegrative forces that can cause angst.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2017

Gina, now 24, was diagnosed 20 years ago with childhood disintegrative disorder, or CDD.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2016

ASD now encompasses autism as known previously, Asperger's disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder which has not been specified.

From BBC • May 19, 2013

That is to say, if an animal be treated with injections of these bodies, its serum acquires the power of dissolving or of producing some disintegrative effect in them.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various