disintegratorn.
1.
a. One who or that which disintegrates.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decomposition, melting, or crumbling away > agent
solvent1841
disintegrator1844
disintegrant1870
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > incohesion > disaggregation or disintegration > that which or one who
disintegrator1844
disintegrant1870
1844 N. Brit. Rev. 1 114 Collectors of authorities and disintegrators of débris.
1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. (1878) i. 4 Frost is..a powerful disintegrator.
b. spec. Applied to machines or appliances for reducing substances to small fragments or to powder.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding
mullet1398
mill1560
rammer1630
pulverizer1635
crackera1640
hand mill1656
grinder1688
mortar1733
pestle mill1773
pulverer1778
bruiser1809
smasher1822
muller1823
pug mill1824
crusher1825
pounding machine1839
pug1859
disintegrator1874
micronizer1934
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. 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.
1890 Daily 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 n. at disintegration n. Derivatives.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of > supporter of
common holder1565
abolitionist1827
governmentalist1831
destructive1832
annexationist1841
destructionist1841
annexionist1844
decompositionist1849
expansionist1862
disintegrator1865
dissolutionist1882
irredentist1882
disintegrationist1884
isolationist1899
retentionist1899
free fooder1903
laissez-fairist1932
autarkist1938
elitist1938
neo-isolationist1950
non-aligner1963
1865 W. Kay Crisis Hupfeldiana 26 The opponents of the Disintegrators.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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