disintegrate
verb (used without object)
to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate.
have disintegrated
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present perfectof disintegrate.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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Given how fragile it was, it may simply have disintegrated on the shelf and been overlooked or thrown away.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Among other drawbacks, she notes, “films have disintegrated because preservationists can’t digitize them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
Had he accepted Britain's conditions for a postponement, his government would have disintegrated.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
Although still alive at maturity, the nucleus and other cell components of the sieve-tube cells have disintegrated.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
It must have disintegrated by now and become part of the grass.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
