disintegration

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He is pushing his country so hard towards total disintegration which is amazing given the India is already sliding down towards civil war while the lava smolders beneath the surface.

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  1. noun The act or process of disintegrating.
  2. noun The state of being disintegrated.
  3. noun Physics & Chemistry The natural or induced transformation of an atomic nucleus from a more massive to a less massive configuration by the emission of particles or radiation.

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  • He is pushing his country so hard towards total disintegration which is amazing given the India is already sliding down towards civil war while the lava smolders beneath the surface. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • He said CIA, in its report, alludes to the unexpectedly quick fall of the apartheid government in South Africa and recalls the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, suggesting the end to the dream of an 'Israeli land' would happen 'way sooner' than later. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • We suggest that surface or near-surface meltwater is the main pre-condition for disintegration, and that hydro-fracture is the main mechanism. —  RealClimate
  • The increased bloodletting is taken as a sign of cartel disorder and even disintegration, as drug kingpins are arrested and "business as usual" disrupted. —  CFR.org -
  • Wilkins further disintegration was supposed to continue in next january or february, not in June. —  RealClimate
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