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disˈintegrator
[agent-n. f. disintegrate v.: see -or.]
1. One who or that which disintegrates.
1844N. Brit. Rev. I. 114 Collectors of authorities and disintegrators of débris. 1863A. C. Ramsay Phys. Geog. i. (1878) 4 Frost is..a powerful disintegrator.
b. spec. Applied to machines or appliances for reducing substances to small fragments or to powder.
1874Knight Dict. Mech., Disintegrator. 1. A machine for grinding or pulverizing bones, guano, etc., for manure. 2. A mill in which grain is broken into a fine dust by beaters projecting from the faces of parallel metallic disks revolving in contrary directions. 1890Daily News 26 June 6/1 Amongst the popular instruments is one called the Devil Disintegrator..It grinds everything to powder, and..is largely used in reducing..bones and oyster shells..into a fine mixture that makes an admirable chicken food.
2. = disintegrationist.
1865W. Kay Crisis Hupfeld. 26 The opponents of the Disintegrators. |