Thesaurus: disintegration

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1. n. The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.
2. n. The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
3. n. in a decomposed state
4. n. a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system
5. n. separation into component parts
6. n. the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
7. n. total destruction
8. (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.
9. n:100 n. a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system