disintegrate
verb (used without object)
to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate.
has disintegrated
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present perfectof disintegrate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But that platinum combination has disintegrated in September through Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
But now, two years after the May 25, 2020, killing, much of that optimism has disintegrated.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2022
Maybe you talk to your kids the way you were spoken to as a child, or maybe your filter has disintegrated in the flames of overwhelm.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2021
But the impression is that whatever is recognizable from the past has disintegrated into figments of a foggy memory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
Her letters consist mostly of banalities—we are busy; Frau Elena says hello—or else arrive in his bunkroom so full of censor marks that their meaning has disintegrated.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
