disintegration

disintegrate | American Dictionary

disintegrate
verb[ I ]
us/dəˈsɪn·tɪˌɡreɪt/
to become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces:
The spacecraft disintegrated as it entered the earth’s atmosphere.

disintegration

noun[ U ]us/dəˌsɪn·tɪˈɡreɪ·ʃən/

Examples of disintegrate

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Dialysis tubing membrane disintegrated and dissolved as a result of biofilm growth on this cellulosic substrate.
The proliferation of gangs fills an important void for alienated youth mired in disintegrated social and family frameworks.
During the 1960s the sterling area gradually disintegrated as the bene®ts of pegging to sterling eroded.
The shell subsequently disintegrated into a ruinous and dangerous state.
The organic ' layer' : the methane from the surface disintegrates in the atmosphere and the ions and radicals can reconnect forming long chain hydrocarbons.
Most likely, however, the larvae died and disintegrated early in the tissue due to host responses.
After two hours' resistance and without leadership, the unit disintegrated.
The end disintegrates into low rumblings (in a single part) based around the rhythm of the main subject.
The old distinctions between genres of thought and practice are disintegrating, and with them their constituencies of expert practitioners and enthusiasts.
Despite some successes in the west, they frequently refused to follow orders, often disintegrated under fire, and were extremely touchy about their privileges.
Little wonder that in the brutal economic and social times of the 1890s, this tentative sense of trust so rapidly disintegrated.
After only eight bars, the hint of a second strophe disintegrates into an eerie transition narrating the disappearance of the ghost.
A year later, it disintegrated and with it disappeared the military dictatorship.
One projection disintegrates into another in accordance with the showman's dramatic needs.
However, many of the sections prepared in this way disintegrated when they came into contact with water.
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