† dissilitionn.
Obsolete.
A leaping or springing apart; a bursting.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > bursting
rupture?a1425
rumpurea1492
bursting1526
busting1576
abruption1654
dissilition1660
burst1832
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvii. 312 The Dissilition of that Air was so great, that the small Viol seem'd to be full of Milk.
1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) ii. 166 The Glass broke..and made a great noise at its dissilition.
1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion Suppl. 143 The dissilition depended chiefly upon the peculiar texture of the Glass.
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