1
as in decomposing
to go through decomposition
fallen leaves slowly disintegrate over the course of the winter
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2
as in grinding
to reduce to fine particles
modern air pollution is gradually disintegrating the ancient temple's irreplaceable friezes
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as in disrupting
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
a tornado disintegrated the building in a matter of seconds
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as in decaying
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Recent Examples of disintegrating
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
As the Snowball catastrophically collapsed once more, superhot oceans of meltwater, just offshore from rapidly disintegrating mile-thick ice sheets, drove some of the wildest weather in Earth history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Hoss — who’s sensual and full of sad, smiling bewilderment without ever disintegrating into ditziness — makes a mature, deeply poignant Ranevskaya.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Images of a year of careful preparation disintegrating in three days of sloppy golf.
—Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Flaming debris from the disintegrating Starship was could be seen across the East Coast and into the Caribbean, with videos capturing the scene in the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and Florida as well.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
The young men not only face all the physical demands of competing at an elite level, but constant impediments that have to do with lack of funding and disintegrating infrastructure.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
But by 2007, our policy was failing and Iraq was disintegrating into a sectarian war.
—TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
The response in Europe to this whirlwind has been a combination of panic and confusion, as European parties from the left to the center right come to grips with the fact that the Atlantic alliance could be in the process of disintegrating.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
But explaining Dyer’s motivations in the face of a disintegrating family portrayed in & Sons remains a bit of an uphill climb for Nighy.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
As the Snowball catastrophically collapsed once more, superhot oceans of meltwater, just offshore from rapidly disintegrating mile-thick ice sheets, drove some of the wildest weather in Earth history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Hoss — who’s sensual and full of sad, smiling bewilderment without ever disintegrating into ditziness — makes a mature, deeply poignant Ranevskaya.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Images of a year of careful preparation disintegrating in three days of sloppy golf.
—Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Flaming debris from the disintegrating Starship was could be seen across the East Coast and into the Caribbean, with videos capturing the scene in the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and Florida as well.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
The young men not only face all the physical demands of competing at an elite level, but constant impediments that have to do with lack of funding and disintegrating infrastructure.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
But by 2007, our policy was failing and Iraq was disintegrating into a sectarian war.
—TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
The response in Europe to this whirlwind has been a combination of panic and confusion, as European parties from the left to the center right come to grips with the fact that the Atlantic alliance could be in the process of disintegrating.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disintegrating
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Sometimes higher levels could mean more decomposing vegetation, not animal feces.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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Investigators found 189 decomposing bodies stored at room temperature at the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose in 2023 and charged owners Jon and Carie Hallford with abuse of a corpse, theft and forgery.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
29 Aug. 2025
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This budget-friendly Presto knife sharpener features a two-stage sharpening system for grinding knife blades and honing them to a polished and sharp finish.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Miley Cyrus shocked viewers by stripping down to a nude bikini top and briefs and grinding, twerking and thrusting on fellow performer Robin Thicke at the 2013 show in one of the raciest performances in MTV history.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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However, the president’s criticism of mail-in ballots could risk disrupting the inroads Republicans made with voters last cycle, with the party spending millions promoting mail-in ballots ahead of the 2024 election.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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The limitations placed on these researchers is disrupting NASA’s work and could stymie the careers of younger Chinese researchers who came to the US to advance their scientific work, as well as benefit the space agency through their findings, the sources said.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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On Earth, vivianite is frequently found in peat bogs and around decaying organic matter—another item on the microbes’ menu.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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On Earth, Vivianite is found in sediments, peat bogs and around decaying organic matter, while some forms of microbial life can produce greigite.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Even well-meaning regulation can have soul-destroying and industry-crushing consequences.—
David Doty,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Electric trucks from Volvo Trucks, supported by material transport, are enabling fully emission-free operations from selective gutting through to concrete crushing, materials processing, and transport.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Sep. 2025
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While Japan and China are already breaking speed records and bringing the technology to life, projects in the West are still struggling to deliver even conventional high-speed rail.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Their investigation leads them to the rotting corpse of their old neighbor Patty Metzger (a great name for a character whose moniker will hang over the rest of the film), who disappeared years ago.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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The vehicle was impounded last week after being abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, where neighbors complained of a rotting smell.—
Andrew Flanagan,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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One end of the spectrum are stress fracture, which are very small, often described as hairline fractures that result from repetitive force and pounding to the bone over time.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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It’s typed with such pounding despair and fury that certain letters of the alphabet actually tear through the paper (this was an old, manual typewriter).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Disintegrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disintegrating. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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