disintegrate
verb (used without object)
to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate.
was disintegrating
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past progressiveof disintegrate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At home in New Jersey, the Overdecks’ nearly two-decade marriage was disintegrating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
I felt that everything I loved was disintegrating, and I was heartbroken in a way that mimicked physical illness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
In 2001, Five played to half a million fans at Brazil's Rock In Rio festival, but the band was disintegrating due to a relentless touring schedule and personal conflicts.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
It’s about a shocking degree of ineptitude and grift from the people in charge, who lavished one another with enormous bonuses while the business they led was disintegrating last year.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2024
Even as he fell, he was disintegrating, turning back into dust, his essence returning to Tartarus.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
