disintegrate
verb (used without object)
to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate.
is disintegrating
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present progressiveof disintegrate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"You know your health is disintegrating in front of you and there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it, apart from being told to just take the contraceptive pill so you don't have periods."
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
“The fact that this exhibit will educate people and bring awareness to climate change, the planet and our rapidly changing relationship with nature, which is disintegrating, made working on this project more viable and enthralling.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
"Non-existent entities cannot enter a country which is disintegrating," he said on Twitter.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2022
The ocean is more acidic, Arctic ice is disintegrating, natural disasters are worsening, and ecosystems are careening toward collapse.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2021
But we civilized people need morals, and we are losing them, and our society is disintegrating, going back to the howling and fighting and cannibalism of the jungle.
From The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair
