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disintegrated

  • past participle
    of disintegrate.
    disintegrate
    verb (used without object)
    to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate.
  • past tense form
    of disintegrate.
    disintegrate
    verb (used without object)
    to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate.

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Every robot that faceplanted, lost a limb, or disintegrated in a spray of sparks was borne away on a stretcher by human attendants with deadpan solicitude.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

By 1946, the young republic had almost disintegrated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The US Geological Survey says the floods in the Nepal-Tibet border were triggered by a "glacial collapse" - meaning a glacier or part of a glacier had disintegrated.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Given how fragile it was, it may simply have disintegrated on the shelf and been overlooked or thrown away.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

Percy’s voice disintegrated like someone had hit it with a Celestial bronze blade.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan