The phrase "verge of disintegration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or object that is close to falling apart or breaking down.
Example: "After years of neglect, the old building was on the verge of disintegration, with crumbling walls and a sagging roof."
Alternatives: "brink of collapse" or "edge of breakdown."
By the time the Xianfeng emperor assumed the throne in 1850, the Qing empire was on the verge of disintegration.
Bunny Christie, one of our most imaginative designers, has also created on stage a world on the verge of disintegration.
You could argue with a tempo occasionally: the opening Adagio, for example, was so lethargic that the ensemble seemed on the verge of disintegration.
The less robust among them whipped out immigration papers, some on the verge of disintegration, praying that on this day, their legal status might give them an edge.
The day's chaotic events deepened fears that Libya may be on the verge of disintegration, with security forces split between regular forces and many militia formations.
First we meet Margaret and Frank: a rancourously quarrelling couple whose accusatory dialogue indicates a marriage on the verge of disintegration.
"Any neutral observer could be led to believe Scotland is on the verge of societal disintegration, yet nothing could be further from the truth".
If Healy's poetry was steeped in the same rural tradition as Kavanagh's, his novels evoked a more fractured interior world, with characters who often seemed haunted or on the verge of psychological disintegration.
Dr. Paul Boyer, a cultural historian who advised the curators, argues in the catalog that the soft blobby shapes and their plastic aesthetic suggested sheer possibility, "endlessly melting, mutating and flowing into new shapes, or trembling on the verge of total disintegration".
But Russia is no longer on the brink of disintegration".
"The country was on the brink of disintegration.
