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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Things have disintegrated since, hastened by the predictable filleting of goods and services to extrude every last cent of value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
Had he accepted Britain's conditions for a postponement, his government would have disintegrated.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
“Films have disintegrated because preservationists can’t digitize them,” Jenkins has written.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
If Jason hadn’t been strapped to the mast with one of Leo’s twenty-point safety harnesses, he would have disintegrated.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
