disintegration
IPA: dɪsɪntʌgrˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- A process by which anything disintegrates.
- The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
- (geology) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
- (nuclear physics) The process of radioactive decay.
- The radioactive decay of a single atom.
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Examples of "disintegration" in Sentences
- This led to the disintegration of the union.
- Disintegration set in among the compromising parties.
- The captivity led to a near disintegration of the community.
- Its disintegration will foretell the disintegration in the Soviet Union.
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