It depicts the slow disintegration of a contemporary marriage.
Her mind and body are in a state of slow but inevitable disintegration.
All that could become of them was a slow disintegration into extreme decay.
Several attempts to reform the Empire and end its slow disintegration, notably starting with the Diet of 1495, did not have much effect.
The Alliance allowed it to remain standing, though they did nothing to stop the slow disintegration of the oxidizing metal.
The precise description of the slow disintegration of the protagonist's mind is terrifying in either case.
We watched the ship continue its slow disintegration under the force of the waves.
A second ago, all hands had watched the slow, inexorable disintegration of their ship that promised to expose them to instant death in space.
To spend time at the clubs today is to witness the slow disintegration of Iraq's secular class.
Sure, it's funny at first, but in the end what we're watching is the slow disintegration of a human being.