How to Use disintegrate in a Sentence

disintegrate

verb
Definition of disintegratenext
Synonyms for disintegratenext
  • The laser can disintegrate most kinds of rock.
  • The paper will disintegrate if it gets wet.
  • Too long, and the acids that give wine some of its feel in the mouth may disintegrate.
    — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Yes, even the places where crumbs seem to disintegrate into the seams.
    — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The ship disintegrated, along with most of the pier and much of the surrounding site.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • And when the heat shield starts to disintegrate to the point that the noise is annoying you, the demise of the muffler is not far behind.
    — Ray Magliozzi, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The game against the Rockets disintegrated when the bench came in the last three minutes of the first quarter.
    — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Leave them outside in the open air for very long, and many will disintegrate.
    — Nsikan Akpan, National Geographic, 26 June 2020
  • The fact that that has now disintegrated is just a tragedy.
    — Nihal Krishan, Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2020
  • At some point, the bar begins to disintegrate and blur.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
  • Similarly, the fruit of my jack-in-the-pulpit flops to the ground in the fall, the moist flesh disintegrates over the winter and seeds sprout.
    — Cynthia Kling, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The bristles are glued to the base, and water and detergent can cause the glue to disintegrate and the bristles to come loose and shed.
    — Kate Sullivan, Kristi Kellogg, Allure, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Yet, that way of farming did disintegrate for the most part.
    — Philly.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • But the alcohol has to be potent enough to disintegrate the lipid layer and kill the virus.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Cracked ice cubes that disintegrate in your palm are a no-go, as is crushed ice for Christmas.
    — Louise Dixon, Chicago Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The pair were extremely close, and his death was the point Hunter’s life began to disintegrate.
    — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 9 Apr. 2021
  • And with them, a way of life that has defined much of the state for more than a century and a half is disintegrating.
    — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Split ends are the culprit that don’t allow hair to grow because the ends disintegrate on their own.
    — Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire, 6 May 2020
  • Vision starts to glitch out and disintegrate, as do his kids.
    — Abraham Riesman, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The power of the thong disintegrated with the invention of the seamless brief.
    — Shira Feder, Vox, 5 June 2019
  • Lunar eclipses are times when things in your life may leave, fall apart, or disintegrate.
    — Emily Simone, Allure, 15 July 2019
  • Mostly this is the fault of the disintegrating barley, humblest of grains, though the beans (kidney) don’t help.
    — Benjamin Dubow, Longreads, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Thrilled shoes didn’t disintegrate, nothing left my shorts and didn’t tear my ACL.
    — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • But after the front part of the plane disintegrated on impact, the tail section broke off, turned over and slid hundreds of yards through the sandy soil.
    — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In the wake of Rob’s death, Dr. Ashton had a decision to make: disintegrate into a ball of anger and grief or step into the light of hope and love.
    — Womansday.com Staff, Woman's Day, 25 Aug. 2019
  • But the prospects for such a pact disappeared right around the time the Syrian state disintegrated and went up in flames.
    — Neri Zilber, Vox, 25 Apr. 2018
  • There’s a point at which the Mandalorian disintegrates a couple of Jawas right off the bat, and nothing is made of it.
    — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Some have predicted the ship could vanish in a matter of decades as holes yawn in the hull and sections disintegrate.
    — Ben Finley and Holly Ramer, ajc, 20 June 2023
  • From there, the video disintegrates into a blur of cursing and shouting.
    — Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Archaeologists also found stone casings and nails, which suggests the children were once buried in wooden coffins that have disintegrated over time.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025

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