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Disintegration - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Disintegration : (noun)
1: in a decomposed state [syn: decomposition]
2: separation into component parts [syn: dissolution]
3: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance
along with the emission of ionizing radiation [syn: decay,
radioactive decay]
4: total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation
of the atoll" [syn: annihilation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Disintegration : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Disintegration |
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disintegration: I might go to the game. I'd bet cash money that UNM will win. |
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nepal_society: TheHimalayanTimes - Nation on the brink of Disintegration: legals experts http://is.gd/5qdOd |
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Leticiabc: listening to "The Cure- Disintegration" ♫ http://blip.fm/~hw2aa |
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