disintegrate
verb (used without object)
to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate.
disintegrator
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a word derived from
disintegrate.
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, it seems like a Jim Carrey slipped into the disintegrator when no one was looking, and the results were horrific:
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2020
This was the embassy’s disintegrator, an industrial-style device designed to first shred documents and materials, then burn them to ash inside the barrel.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2019
That meant the disintegrator would receive the vital light.
From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various
The touch of trouble—consolidator of the strong, disintegrator of the weak—had found out Lady McIntyre in her safe and sheltered place in the world.
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
Erie steam engine; two sets of Traylor's heavy-duty crushing rolls, one having 30 by 16-in. and the other 18 by 12-in. rolls; and a Niagara sand disintegrator.
From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by George Robert Graham Conway
