DISINTEGRATED Synonyms: 165 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in crumbled

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verb

past tense of disintegrate

as in decomposed

to go through decomposition fallen leaves slowly disintegrate over the course of the winter

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as in crushed

to reduce to fine particles modern air pollution is gradually disintegrating the ancient temple's irreplaceable friezes

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as in disrupted

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly a tornado disintegrated the building in a matter of seconds

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Then, the entire Soviet Union disintegrated, with all 15 republics breaking away, but in a peaceful process that Gorbachev hoped would lead to the creation of new democracies across Europe and Asia. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 It was revealed that the NFL quarterback’s relationship with the family had disintegrated over the years. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 The breakaway Super League succumbed to the pressure and disintegrated quickly, with nine of its founding members withdrawing in a matter of days. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026 Flights in early 2025, though, ended in a series of failures including two in which the Starship upper stage disintegrated in a fiery cascade of debris across the skies visible from Florida and the Caribbean. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026 In the two-thousands, after the State disintegrated, Wain and two other members, Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black, formed the trio Stella, which helped define New York’s downtown alt-comedy scene. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 July 2026 In the fifth century CE, the western half of the Roman Empire disintegrated into a patchwork of new kingdoms and new rulers. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 The meteor — which is thought to be a small chunk of a much larger asteroid — was probably too small and traveled too fast to survive atmospheric entry and instead disintegrated entirely, leaving no parts of it to fall to the ground in the form of meteorites. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 16 June 2026 Any potential scoring opportunity in the fifth inning disintegrated after Dalton Rushing’s leadoff walk. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 10 June 2026

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Adjective

But do seek out feta by the block and break it up yourself; the pre-crumbled stuff tends to be chalky and bland.

— Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
Salsa macha added a welcome smoky heat and crunch, while crumbled queso fresco brought enough salty bite to tie it all together.

— Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 30 July 2026

Definition of crumbled

Adjective

Many residents continued to sleep outside rather than risk returning to damaged homes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
President Abelardo de la Espriella, who had been in office for only three days when the earthquake struck, announced a reconstruction fund for damaged homes, hospitals, schools and infrastructure.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

This would be compost not quite fully decomposed, with portions that are reasonably small.

— Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the investigation has been complicated by how decomposed the bodies were.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of decomposed

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Meanwhile, De rueda crushed another APP Next star Jayden Broderick in the semis before a tight 11-9 third game win for the title.

— Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Student crackdown Jiang’s rise to the top began amid the tumult of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests, which were brutally crushed by Chinese troops in what remains one of the most sensitive political taboos in mainland China.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of crushed

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Costs had been on the decline since March 2025, following a massive outbreak of bird flu that disrupted the egg supply and sent retail prices soaring.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
The outage, now in its 11th day, has disrupted access to medical records, prescription histories, and scheduling systems.

— Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of disrupted

Adjective

Clark said the supports are needed because equipment used in the investigation is too heavy and difficult to maneuver safely on the deteriorated floor.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
According to the officer, the decision to classify Sands' death as such was the result of the deteriorated condition of his body.

— Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026

Definition of deteriorated

Adjective

According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of mutilated

Verb

The resulting collisions formed excited compound nuclei that decayed through multiple gamma-ray steps.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
In order to have aqueous alteration there needs to be some internal heating [usually via radioactive elements] and if something forms later than everything else then there will be less heat [since many of the radioactive elements will have already decayed].

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026

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