the disintegration of the Soviet empire into separate republics
该帝国解体成一个个独立的共和国
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disintegrate• As the newsspread of the general's death, the armydisintegrated.• Aggressive and competitive women, unconcerned with motherhood, produce more ruthless men-and a society so competitive that it disintegrates.• A 50-foot section of the roadway began to disintegrate after only a few cars had passed over it.• A large section of the roadway apparently disintegrated after the first few cars passed over it.• It seemed to him that his home life was disintegrating all at once.• The mummified man's clothes had disintegrated almost completely, but appeared to be mainly of leather and fur.• Economics is pushing nations to disintegrate and regions to integrate simultaneously.• There had been stonedragons, and jade dragons so delicate that they disintegrated at a puff of breath.• When they disintegrate death takes place.• The planedisintegrated in midair.• The output of these groups may fail to develop, or their culture may disintegrate or disappear.• The group was disintegrating when Mead left it.