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/dɪsˌɪntəgrˈeɪʃən/ /dɪsˌɪnəgrˈeɪʃən/ Listen

Disintegration

noun

In a decomposed state. Synonym: decomposition.

A loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system.

Separation into component parts. Synonym: dissolution.

The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. Synonyms: decay, radioactive decay.

Total destruction. Synonym: annihilation.

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"Disintegration" Quotes from Famous Books

... of cities and the provincial barons. A long series of gradations in dignity ended at the simple owners of castles, with their subject peasants or serfs. In no country of Europe had the feudal system borne a more abundant harvest of disintegration and consequent loss ...

— The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) • Henry Martyn Baird

... silence they invited him constantly to their house, and a liaison with Severine followed. For the first time Lantier's blood lust was not aroused; the knowledge that this woman had killed seemed to constitute her a being apart and sacred. After the murder of Grandmorin a gradual disintegration of Roubaud's character set in, and he became in time a confirmed gambler. His relations with his wife were ultimately so strained that she induced Lantier to promise to murder him, in order that they might fly together to America with the proceeds of a small legacy she had received ...

— A Zola Dictionary • J. G. Patterson

... that period there was a copious emission of carbonate of lime, in connection with volcanic action. (I may add, that there are nearly similar superficial calcareous beds at King George's Sound in Australia; and these undoubtedly have been formed by the disintegration of marine remains see "Volcanic Islands" etc. page 144. There is, however, something very remarkable in the frequency of superficial, thin beds of earthy calcareous matter, in districts where the surrounding rocks are not calcareous. Major ...

— South American Geology - also: - Title: Geological Observations On South America • Charles Darwin

... the spores disintegration of the sporangial wall begins, the thin membrane disappearing more rapidly than the fibrous thickenings or the portions of the sporangial walls near the base, which are more compactly grown together; there is thus left at each stage an increasing number of the ...

— The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio • A. P. Morgan

... who know nothing of local conditions will it seem strange to say that Italian law is one of the factors that contribute to the disintegration of family life throughout the country, and to the production of creatures like Musolino. There are few villages which do not contain some notorious assassins who have escaped punishment under sentimental pleas, and now terrorize the neighbourhood. This is one of the evils which derange ...

— Old Calabria • Norman Douglas

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