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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disintegration n 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}]
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