“Another disturbing trend is the apparently widespread disintegration of social and family ties.”
“Watching the disintegration of a man's dreams is uncomfortable, however morally ambiguous he might be.”
“First, one must understand the rise of modern Arabism and Islamism in the Arab world in the context of the disintegration of the Ottoman empire.”
disintegrant
(medicine) Any material that is added to a pharmaceuticalpreparation to make it disintegrate (and thus release the active ingredient) on contact with water