disintegrate
verb (used without object)
to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate.
had been disintegrating
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past perfect progressiveof disintegrate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Since the beginning of satellite observations in the 1970s, the tip of the shelf had been disintegrating into icebergs in a series of what glaciologists call calving events.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2022
Party harmony, which the dinner supposedly celebrated, had been disintegrating steadily during his eleven months in office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before he became a candidate the prohibition and temperance organizations had been disintegrating.
From Time Magazine Archive
