disintegrate into

Frequency: 8.830.1 per million words

to break apart, resulting in smaller pieces or a different state (e.g., into dust, into factions)

disintegratedisintegrate + PREPOSITION

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Examples (10)

  • The country has disintegrated into separate states.
  • The ancient manuscript was so fragile that it disintegrated into dust when touched.
  • Without strong leadership, the political party began to disintegrate into warring factions.
  • The meteorite will disintegrate into a shower of fiery fragments upon entering the atmosphere.
  • Their perfect marriage eventually disintegrated into bitterness and resentment.
  • After months of neglect, the wooden shed disintegrated into a pile of rotten planks.
  • The once-unified protest movement disintegrated into several smaller, competing groups.
  • The debate quickly disintegrated into a series of personal attacks.
  • The ancient rock carving had disintegrated into almost nothing over the centuries.
  • The old empire slowly disintegrated into a collection of independent kingdoms.