disintegrate
verb (used without object)
to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate.
had disintegrated
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past perfectof disintegrate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Hamas told the New York Times that the missile had disintegrated beyond recognition.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023
Mr. Baron listened as two men on a boat docked near New Bedford called the Coast Guard for a rescue because the dock had disintegrated and live power lines were in the water around them.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
The rocket had disintegrated when it made an abrupt course correction to compensate for a wrong turn—a turn it had not, in fact, taken.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2019
His marriage to Ivana Trump had disintegrated, and his relationship with model Marla Maples had fallen apart.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2019
Patent-leather shoes with buckles, a cheaper version of which we got only at Easter and which had disintegrated by the end of May.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
