- "Ha ha! Got the drop on you with MY disintegrating pistol! And brother, when it disintegrates, it disintegrates."
[pulls trigger, causing gun to disintegrate]
"Heh. Well, what do you know; it... disintegrated." - ― Duck Dodgers (Looney Tunes)
- "A shaft of energy shot out from the eye, bathing him in its glow. The next instant, Carapar shattered into fragments as if he had been made of crystal. Then there was nothing left of him but a pile of glittering dust on the stone floor."
- ― Narrator (Bionicle - Federation of Fear)
- "My mouth is a portal into a dark dimension. Even I ignore where it leads. I sent your friend in here… and you are next."
- ― Vanilla Ice to Jean Pierre Polnareff (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)
- "It's a light grenade. Pull the pin, set it down - anyone who picks it up... pfffft! Grenade remains. Person... disappears!"
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. Who'd pick it up?"
"Look."
(reads the Grenade) "Pick. Me Up."
"Diabolical, isn't it?" - ― Sirk and Dick Nelson (Mom and Dad Save the World)
The power to collapse a target into dust, disassembling or destabilizing them on a microscopic level. Sub-power of Entropy Manipulation and Transmutation. Destruction version of Matter Manipulation. Not to be confused with Dust Transmutation, Granulation or Ash Transmutation.
Also Called
- Aposykinesis
- Disintegrating Touch
- Disintegration Inducement
- Dissociation
- Object Disintegration
Fiction-Specific Terms
- Cataclysm (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)
Capabilities
The user can cause targets (whether organic or inorganic material) to lose cohesion by various means. Some can make matter fall apart into dust, wipe away their target on a molecular/subatomic level, or even revert matter into pure energy. Regardless of the means, the target is reduced to either molecular/subatomic dust or energy but not absolutely annihilated.
Applications
- Death Inducement by disintegrating a life form.
- Destruction by disintegrating an inanimate object.
- Disassembly by separating a target into pieces.
- Dust Generation by turning a target into dust.
- Melting by reducing a target into liquid.
Variations
- Atomic Cancellation: disintegrate by eliminating the electric field that holds the atomic structure together.
- Atomic Dissociation: a catastrophic effect that dissociates atomic/molecular structure.
- Cellular Disintegration: Disintegrate organic cells.
- Disintegration Aura: an aura that disintegrates anything within.
- Disintegration Beam: a beam that can disintegrate matter.
- Dissolution: dissolve anything/everything.
- DNA Disintegration: dissolute living biomatter.
- Electric Field Negation: Zap electric fields, turning objects to dust, dust into atoms, and atoms into nothing.
- Evaporation: disperse objects into gases.
- Granulation: turn objects into minute particles.
- Incineration: disintegrate the target via intense temperatures.
- Molecular Dispersion: disintegrate by separating constituent molecules.
- Self-Disintegration: Disintegrate one's body molecules to dust and eventually integrate back to normal form.
Associations
- Antimatter and Dark Matter Manipulation may have disintegrating properties.
- Charged Particles Manipulation
- Dimensional Manipulation or Teleportation may accidentally cause this.
- Elemental Manipulation
- Life-Force Absorption may cause this to happen.
- Pulverization
- Matter Manipulation
- Molecular Manipulation
- Shattering
- Transmutation
- Totality Destruction unravels the whole of existence from beginning to end.
Limitations
- Reforming
- Requires concentration or focus to properly aim.
- Ambient Resource Construction can reverse the effects on inorganic objects.
- May have limited range, including touch only.
- May be triggered involuntarily.
- Clothes and equipment may not disintegrate with the target.
- Full deconstruction may take a long time.
- May only work to destroy, making reassembly difficult or impossible.
- Users may not be immune to their own power.
- May only be able to disintegrate organic or inorganic materials.
- May effect but cannot kill users of Absolute Immortality.
- Will not work on Flawless Indestructibility.
- Will not work on the four elements of water, earth, fire, and even air.
Known Users
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Nizer Bruckheimer (Black Cat)
- Sephiria Arks (Black Cat)
- Langris Vaude (Black Clover); via Spatial Magic
- Margaret Mitchell (Bungou Stray Dogs)
- Swallow Cratsvalley (Chaos Dragon)
- Gyokuto Sakuji (Darwin's Game)
- Harvest (Darker than Black)
- Nappa (Dragon Ball Z)
- Goku Black (Dragon Ball Super)
- Users of Shockwave Quanx ability (Denma)
- Users of Energy Ball Quanx ability (Denma)
- Gatsu (Denma); via BangQuanx ability
- Myotismon (Digimon)
- August (Fairy Tail); via Ars Magia
- Gildarts Clive; via Crush
- Alchemists (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Scar
- Shiba Tatsuya (The Irregular at Magic High School)
- Vanilla Ice (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Cream
- Okuyasu Nijimura (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable); via The Hand
- Johnny Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Steel Ball Run); via Tusk Act 4
- Ryomen Sukuna (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Storm Flame Users (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
- Flame of Wrath Users (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
- Clear Note (Konjiki no Gash Bell!/Zatch Bell!)
- Tomura Shigaraki/Tenko Shimura (My Hero Academia)
- Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto); via All-Killing Ash Bones technique
- Dust Release/Particle Style Users (Naruto/Boruto)
- Kamikaze/Atomic Samurai (One-Punch Man)
- Wahlberg Baigan (Mashle)
- Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?/Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?)
- User of Holy Magic (That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime); via Disintegration magic
- Engen/Smiling Man (Hero Killer)
- Takuma Ichijo (Vampire Knight)
- Kiyoshi Harai (Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi)
- Spoil (Undead Unluck)
- Byakkko (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Cartoons
- Alpha (Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United)
- Anti-Pops (Regular Show)
- The Lich (Adventure Time)
- Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Copycat (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
Comics
- Enerjak III (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Darkseid (DC Comics)
- Kryptonians (DC Comics); via yellow sun radiation
- Green Lantern Corps (DC Comics)
- Daxamites (DC Comics); via yellow sun radiation
- Rachel Roth/Raven (DC Comics)
- Etrigan/Jason Blood (DC Comics)
- Nathaniel Adam/Captain Atom (DC Comics)
- Extant (DC Comics)
- Grayven (DC Comics)
- Grail (DC Comics)
- Avatars of the The Black/The Rot (DC Comics)
- Mano (DC Comics)
- Plasmus (DC Comics)
- Doc Seismic (Invincible/Image Comics)
- Samantha Eve Grayson/Atomic Eve (Image Comics/Invincible)
- Barr (Saga)
- Marko (Saga)
- Desert Ghost (Marvel Comics)
- Carrion (Marvel Comics)
- Wither (Marvel Comics)
- Rictor (Marvel Comics)
- Remy LeBeau/Gambit (Marvel Comics); as the Horseman of Death
- Mikhail Rasputin (Marvel Comics)
- Doctor Victor von Doom (Marvel Comics)
- Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
- M-11, the Human Robot (Marvel Comics)
- The Mandarin (Marvel Comics)
- Lois London (Marvel Comics)
- Count Luchino Nefaria (Marvel Comics)
- King Hyperion (Marvel Comics)
- Lash (Marvel Comics)
- Thanos (Marvel Comics)
- Multiple characters (The Order of the Stick)
- Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen/DC Comics)
- Majestros/Mr. Majestic (WildStorm/DC Comics)
- Yohn Kohl/Spartan (WildStorm/DC Comics)
Literature
- Chris Gordon (Demon Accords); via Angel Fire
- Users of Deadly Sight (Star Wars Legends)
- Limelight (Steelheart)
- Dustbringers (Stormlight Archive)
- Jonathan Phaedrus (The Reckoners series)
- Vogan (The Young Guardians)
Live-Action TV
- Clive Yorkin (Arrowverse)
- Piper Halliwell (Charmed); via Molecular Manipulation
- Gideon (Charmed)
- The Crone (Charmed)
- Charity Callahan (Charmed 2018)
- Leona Kingscholar (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland); via King's Roar
- Bad Wolf (Doctor Who)
- Daleks (Doctor Who)
- Eknodines (Doctor Who)
- Tom Miller (Heroes)
- Sylar/Gabriel Gray (Heroes)
- Felicia Brooks (Heroes)
- Reed Strucker (The Gifted)
- Lindsey Harrison (Smallville)
- Tyler Randall (Smallville)
- The Darkness/Amara (Supernatural)
- Archangels (Supernatural)
- Angels (Supernatural)
- Castiel (Supernatural)
- Dagon (Supernatural)
- White-eyed Demons (Supernatural)
- Rowena MacLeod (Supernatural)
- Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time)
- Rumplestiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
- Zelena (Once Upon a Time)
- Jafar (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
- Eleven/Jane Hopper (Stranger Things)
Movies
- Captain EO (Captain EO)
- Fairy Godmother (Shrek)
- Gamma Jack (The Incredibles)
- Ruth (Fast Color)
- Bo (Fast Color)
- Lila (Fast Color)
- Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe); via Infinity Gauntlet
- Daisy Johnson/Quake (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D); via Vibration Manipulation
- Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix (X-Men film series); via Telekinesis
Music
- Crybaby (k-12)
Video Games
- Sonia Bean (Magical Girl Raising Project: Limited)
- Geras (Mortal Kombat)
- Hunters (Half-Life)
- Striders (Half-Life)
- Player (Growtopia); via Old locks
- Add (Elsword)
- Vel'Koz (League of Legends)
Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original/Other
- Tren Krom (BIONICLE)
- Guurahk (BIONICLE)
- The Shadowed One (BIONICLE)
- Makuta (BIONICLE)
- God of Light (RWBY)
- Cinder Fall (RWBY)
- Marie Curie (Super Science Friends)
- Watchtower (Doctor Nowhere)
Known Objects
- Beacon (Angel)
- Telecephaloscope (Blake and Mortimer)
- Boneduster (Bulletstorm); via Charged shot
- Purifier (The Citadel); when aiming down sights
- Cosmic Diving Rod (DC Comics)
- Little Doctor (Ender's Game)
- Laser Weapons (Fallout series)
- Alien Disintegrator (Fallout 3)
- Type-7 Particle Cannon (F.E.A.R. series)
- Flechette Gun (Garry's Mod)
- Combine ball fields (Half-Life)
- Confiscation Fields (Half-Life)
- Energy Balls (Half-Life)
- Gluon Gun (Half-Life)
- Suppression Devices (Half-Life)
- Chain Sword (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Trident (The Irregular at Magic High School)
- Disintegrators (Larry Niven: Known Space)
- Gungnir (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Infinity Stones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Victor Von Doom's Armor (Marvel Comics)
- Quantum Bands (Marvel Comics)
- Disintegration Beam Ring (Marvel Comics)
- Light Grenade (Mom and Dad save the World)
- Disintegrator (Saints Row IV)
- Abronath (Star Trek)
- Disruptors (Star Wars)
- Tenloss DXR-6 Disruptor Rifle (Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast)
- Dark Matter (Super Mario Galaxy)
- Batsaber (Team Fortress 2)
- Cow Mangler 5000 (Team Fortress 2)
- Pomson 6000 (Team Fortress 2)
- Righteous Bison (Team Fortress 2)
- Arc Tools (Titanfall); limited to humans
- Leichenfaust 44 (Wolfenstein: 2009)
- Kuzusu Atom (Xiaolin Showdown)
Known Powers
- Senescencia (Bleach)
- Shrine (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Nizer Bruckheimer (Black Cat) wielded his dual tonfa, Dioskouroi, with such speed and force that he completely disintegrated his regenerating victim to nothing.
Sephiria Arks (Black Cat) using Mekkai to create a rush of force that completely atomizes her target instantly.
Rei Ōgami (Code:Breaker) using the Achromatic Catharsis Flame: Beelzebub to release an invisible blaze that disintegrates his undead victims to ashes and dust.
Harvest (Darker than Black) removing the intrinsic field of any matter he touches, disintegrating it.
Master Muten Rōshi (Dragon Ball) firing the MAX Power Kamehameha/Kamehameha Saidai Shutsuryoku, an augmented Kamehameha used in his Max Power form...
Cell's (Dragon Ball Z) Solar Kamehameha, so named because it has the power to obliterate an entire solar system.
Majin Buu (Dragon Ball) firing a finger beam that completely destroyed Policious City.
Ars Magia is an Ancient Magic that evaporates the blood and oxygen and melts the earth. August (Fairy Tail) mastered it to a degree that he can destroy an entire country and even disrupt magic.
Orga Nanagear (Fairy Tail) firing his Lightning God's Charged Particle Cannon, which has enough voltage to vaporize solid matter.
Guido-Hyun (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment) uses his Snake Sword to wield or trap the opponents.
Ōnoki (Naruto) using Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World/Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu, which will disintegrate any matter that so much as touches the 3-D constructs...
…his Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique vs. Mū's Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique: Pillar.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) using her chakra-infused bone that will cause her victims to disintegrate.
As a clone of Ōnoki, Kū (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) can use Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique which disintegrates anything that comes in contact with the sphere.
Kakō (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) using Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique to disintegrate Boruto's clone.
Delta's (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) Destruction Beam causes cellular decay, nullifying even the strongest regeneration.
Huey (Project ARMS) releasing hypersonic vibrations from his body to shatter and disintegrate his victims at a molecular level.
Clark (Project ARMS) releasing hypersonic vibrations from his body to shatter and disintegrate his victims at a molecular level.
Jabberwock (Project ARMS) releasing hypersonic vibrations from his body to shatter and disintegrate his victims at a molecular level, even the vibration-resistant Successors.
Storm Flames (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!) has the characteristic of Disintegration, which causes anything that it touches to decay and break apart.
Appropriately known as the "Child of Ruin", most of Clear Note's (Konjiki no Gash Bell! Zatch Bell spells, like Teoradisu', create destructive energy to severely weaken, if not completely disintegrate, his target.
Vanilla Ice's Stand, Cream (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders), can effectively disintegrate everything in its path.
Okuyasu Nijimura's Stand, The Hand (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamonds Is Unbreakable), disintegrates space with its right hand, and anything within it...
Funny Valentine (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Steel Ball Run) suffering the effects of the Infinite Spin, with his body being disintegrated at a cellular level.
Byakko (Yu Yu Hakusho) using Meiko Shōkai-Ha to release a densely oscillating scream that can break molecular bonds.
Cartoons/Comics
Olrik (Blake and Mortimer) using the Telecephaloscope on Septimus, which, because Septimus was not wearing a Mega Receiver helmet, dissolved him into atoms.
Darkseid's (DCAU) Omega Beams are capable of disintegrating all but the most powerful of beings, and not even space and time will suffice to evade them.
Cat Noir (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) has the power of "Cataclysm", a bad-luck-based superpower that causes whatever he touches...
On top of having Cat Noir's appearance, Copycat (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) can also utilize his "Cataclysm" ability.
As Death, Gambit's (Marvel Comics) charged playing cards could cause whatever they struck to de-materialize.
Live Action TV/Movies
The Beacon (Angel) generates light that causes any being with any amount of non-demon DNA to disintegrate.
With the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos (Avengers: Infinity War) snapped his fingers and turned half of life in the universe into dust...
Piper Halliwell (Charmed) using Molecular Combustion to disintegrate a demon.
With the Infinity Stones, Iron Man (Marvel Cinematic Universe) snapped his fingers and turn Thanos & his troop into dust.
Video Games
Confiscation Fields (Half-Life) confiscate and destroy unregistered weapons using Dark Energy except the Gravity Gun.
Bowser (Super Mario Galaxy) has generated much dark matter from his plant, which disintegrates any matter that it touches.
The Type-7 Particle Weapon (F.E.A.R. series) fires beams of energy that disintegrate targets.
The Batsaber (Team Fortress 2) is an energy-based weapon that can evaporate the wielder’s enemies upon physical death.
The C.A.P.P.E.R. (Team Fortress 2) can fire energy bullets which can disintegrate enemies upon physical death.

























































































