disintegrate
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Before it began to disintegrate, K1 was likely slightly larger than a typical comet, measuring about 5 miles across.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
Almost 30,000 pieces of debris are calculated to be free-floating in space, created when rockets break up in space or satellites disintegrate.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Were you to cook Swiss chard fully intact, without separating the stems and leaves, the leaf would disintegrate by the time the stems were tender.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
But in the hand, it immediately began to disintegrate and blow away in the light breeze.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025
Theodor, in a series of elegant experiments, has shown that when two individuals of the same species are placed in close contact, the smaller of the two will always begin to disintegrate.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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