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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of disintegrate.
  • adjective That has undergone disintegration

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Examples

  • As the label disintegrated, Defari's clout continued rising.

    Hip Hop News from HipHopGalaxy.com 2009

  • The 38-year-old seven-time champion's challenge for an eighth title disintegrated yesterday on the 189-kilometre eighth stage from Station des Rousses to Morzine-Avoriaz.

    Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie 2010

  • The knees of Elgin Baylor, West and the other Los Angeles players on the hardwood buckled as their bodies, once filled with supreme confidence, sighed in resignation as their title hopes disintegrated.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • The knees of Elgin Baylor, West and the other Los Angeles players on the hardwood buckled as their bodies, once filled with supreme confidence, sighed in resignation as their title hopes disintegrated.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • No one was saying whether it would cause a repeat of Columbia two-and-a-half years ago, which as you'll recall disintegrated when the heat shield was compromised, killing the crew of seven.

    CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2005 2005

  • The site had to be raised from two to four feet, and the red earth was what might be called disintegrated laterite or clay ironstone.

    Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 W. D. Bayliss 1869

  • The rock here is all red granite, and some of it disintegrated, which is used for ballast.

    Canada and the States 1860

  • Assuming the term 'vaporize' is truly meant and not disintegrated, which is more like what is shown (otherwise we'd see bones).

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  • On the way home, the clip for my insulin pump disintegrated, meaning the pump is now riding around in my pocket.

    Five Point Friday jimhines 2008

  • We talked to some authorities here, and they say it just -- "disintegrated" was the word they used, that mobile home community, where as many as eight people have perished as a result.

    CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2006 2006

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