Object

• force: Others pulled a " mass strike " when the Union armies invaded the Confederacy and helped disintegrate the labor force of the rebellious South.

• relationship: Debra comes across as a fairly unsympathetic woman, frustrated with her disintegrating family relationships.

• world: We live, Lord, in a disintegrating world.

• state: Instead the occupying US forces were faced with a political vacuum and a disintegrating local state.

Preposition: into

• chaos: Of course, the whole thing disintegrates into utter painful chaos.

• dust: When DU rounds punch through an enemy target such as a tank they disintegrate into uranium dioxide dust.

Adjective complement

• due: Accordingly the nation states will not disintegrate due to the impact of only one factor: the Internet.

Modifying Another Word

• completely: Then there was the way United's form, which completely disintegrated once the team was out of the European Cup.

• slowly: Just let them slowly disintegrate into the rot they are.

• gradually: There is no need to disturb the roots just plant the whole lot in the ground and the pots will gradually disintegrate.

• quickly: Large groups were unstable and tended to disintegrate quickly.

• totally: Eventually, the dead, rotting material playing host to this variety of organisms, will totally disintegrate.

Used with why or when

• when: In fact, they are smaller than 1 penny pieces and disintegrate when placed near water or are exposed to direct sunlight.

Present participle complement

• leave: Without some restraints an event could disintegrate leaving you feeling unsure whether or not you've done a job well.

Preposition: under

• pressure: Tears of despair as I watched him disintegrate under the pressures of growing up in the modern world.