How Potholes Form. Rainwater sinks through cracks in old or weakened asphalt. The water is soaked up by the mixture of rock, gravel, and sand that supports the road. Vehicles passing over the road force water through the soggy roadbed, eventually eroding parts of it.
disassemble The verb disassemble means to take something apart. It's one thing to disassemble a computer; it's a whole other thing to put it back together again.
disintegration disÂ·inÂ·teÂ·graÂ·tion (dÄ­s-Ä­n'tÄ­-grÄ'shÉn) n. The breaking up of the component parts of a substance, as in catabolism or decay. The disorganization or disruption of mental processes in mental illness. The natural or induced transformation of an atomic nucleus from a more massive to a less massive configuration by the emission of particles or radiation.