disintegration
noun
Origin of disintegration
Related Words for disintegration
dissolution, fragmentation, putrefaction, demoralization, decentralizationExamples from the Web for disintegration
Contemporary Examples of disintegration
“Because of the disintegration of the USSR we lost Odessa [on the Black Sea] and a part of the Baltic,” one said.
“That would be a big step forward in the disintegration of the European Union,” Soros said.
Absent a cohesive political strategy, the likely outcome is disintegration—and chaos.
This formula—"you're sovereign, so you're responsible"—is a recipe for disintegration.
Last month I warned that the disintegration of the European Union was more likely than the death of the euro.
Historical Examples of disintegration
I should not have a rag of a feeling left, after my disintegration—with his—was complete.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
Their posts were centers of disintegration among the savages.
The Frontier in American HistoryFrederick Jackson Turner
My sunset World—all of it—is in process of change, of disintegration, of dissolution.
A Daughter of the Middle BorderHamlin Garland
Mach says that disintegration takes place in times of peace.
The Psychology of NationsG.E. Partridge
The disintegration of his party was as complete as the collapse of its issues.
The New NationFrederic L. Paxson