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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Disintegration

/dĭs-ĭnˌ-təg-rāsh'-ən/ · Dis·in·te·gra·tion · IPA /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
01 n. The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.
  1. 1.
    The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.(Geol.)
    “Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally.” Motley.