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  • verb Present participle of spall.

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Examples

  • Concrete spalling occurs when moisture is wicked into the foundation from the ground and the lime in the concrete mix leeches out.

    www.philadelphiaweekly.com Philadelphia Weekly 2009

  • A shaped charge can fire a jet of white-hot gas right through the armor of a tank, causing "spalling," a swirling mist of metal shrapnel that can shred the soldiers within.

    Iraq's Real WMD 2007

  • While the "spalling," or weakening and flaking, of concrete under the deck does not affect the bridge's integrity, Mr. Capone asked members of the public to notify the Turnpike

    Gas Drilling 2010

  • The agency's executive director, Ron DeGuzman, says there are "spalling" issues within many of the unit's ceilings.

    KUAM.com - KUAM News 2008

  • The agency's executive director, Ron DeGuzman, says there are "spalling" issues within many of the unit's ceilings.

    KUAM.com - KUAM News 2008

  • Fixing defects such as spalling concrete, ceiling leakages and water seepage from external walls would cost flat owners several hundred dollars.

    Channel NewsAsia Front Page News 2008

  • Fixing defects such as spalling concrete, ceiling leakages and water seepage from external walls would cost flat owners several hundred dollars.

    Channel NewsAsia Front Page News 2008

  • The agency's executive director, Ron DeGuzman, says there are "spalling" issues within many of the unit's ceilings.

    KUAM.com - KUAM News 2008

  • The agency's executive director, Ron DeGuzman, says there are "spalling" issues within many of the unit's ceilings.

    KUAM.com - KUAM News 2008

  • The agency's executive director, Ron DeGuzman, says there are "spalling" issues within many of the unit's ceilings.

    KUAM.com - KUAM News 2008

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  • "The spontaneous chipping, fragmentation, or separation of a surface or surface coating."

    Corrosion Clinic

    August 5, 2008