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Disintegration

Disintegration Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disintegration? [n] total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll" [n] the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation [n] separation into component parts [n] in a decomposed state Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disintegration: annihilation \| decay \| decomposition \| dissolution \| radioactive decay Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disintegration: abrasion \| amiable weakness \| atomization \| attrition \| beating \| biodegradability \| biodegradation \| bloodbath \| blue ruin \| breakability \| breakup \| brecciation \| brittleness \| carnage \| changeableness \| collapse \| comminution \| consumption \| corrosion \| corruption \| crack-up \| crumbling \| crushing \| daintiness \| damnation \| deactivation \| decay \| decimation \| decomposition \| degradability \| degradation \| delicacy \| demobilization \| depredation \| derangement \| desolation \| despoilment \| despoliation \| destructibility \| destruction \| detachment \| detrition \| devastation \| diaspora \| diffusion \| dilapidation \| disarrangement \| disarray \| disarticulation \| disbandment \| discomfiture \| discomposure \| disconcertedness \| disharmony \| dishevelment \| disjunction \| dismissal \| disorder \| disorderliness \| disorganization \| dispersal \| dispersion \| disproportion \| disruption \| dissolution \| disturbance \| effeminacy \| entropy \| exfoliation \| flimsiness \| fragility \| fragmentation \| frailty \| frangibility \| granulation \| granulization \| grating \| grinding \| haphazardness \| havoc \| hecatomb \| holocaust \| human frailty \| incoherence \| indecisiveness \| indiscriminateness \| infirmity of will \| inharmonious harmony \| inherent vice \| irregularity \| irresolution \| levigation \| lightness \| mashing \| mildew \| mold \| moral weakness \| most admired disorder \| nonsymmetry \| nonuniformity \| oxidation \| oxidization \| parting \| perdition \| perturbation \| pounding \| powdering \| promiscuity \| promiscuousness \| randomness \| ravage \| release \| resolution \| revolution \| ruin \| ruination \| rust \| scaling \| scattering \| separation \| shambles \| shattering \| shredding \| slaughter \| sleaziness \| slightness \| smashing \| split-up \| spoilage \| spoliation \| trituration \| turbulence \| undoing \| unsubstantiality \| unsymmetry \| ununiformity \| upset \| vandalism \| velleity \| waste \| wispiness \| womanishness \| wrack \| wrack and ruin \| wreck See Also \| action \| activity \| decay \| demolition \| destruction \| extermination \| extinction \| fibrinolysis \| fragmentation \| lysis \| natural action \| natural process \| nuclear reaction Disintegration In Webster's Dictionary \Disin`tegra"tion\, n. (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically (b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally. --Motley.

Disintegration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disintegration?

[n] total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"
[n] the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
[n] separation into component parts
[n] in a decomposed state

Disintegration In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*in`te*gra"tion\, n.
(a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the
    condition of anything which is disintegrated.
    Specifically
(b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or
    strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

          Society had need of further disintegration before
          it could begin to reconstruct itself locally.
                                               --Motley.

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