Sentence examples for disintegration by from inspiring English sources

Lichens, the rocks' first covering, aided the process of disintegration by means of acid secretions and made a lodging place for other life.

Finally, the German army, already exhausted and dwindling in numbers, was threatened with disintegration by the revolution in Germany and was abandoned by its allies.

Although such nuclear disintegration had been observed previously, his data explained this phenomenon for the first time and were useful in explaining disintegration by other means.

For endurance in exterior use, marble should be uniform and nonporous to prevent the entrance of water that might discolour the stone or cause disintegration by freezing.

They had "the appearance of an upheaved, and subsequently ruptured mass of compact grey columnar Basalt, rising suddenly into needle-shaped pinnacles, which arc apparently ready for disintegration by the first disturbing cause, either gales of wind or earthquake".

As "Once Upon a River" opens a year later, Margo accelerates this disintegration by shooting off the end of her uncle's penis (no more difficult, really, than shooting an acorn off a piece of fruit).

But all these materials tend to corrode and disintegrate with time; even aluminum is vulnerable to disintegration caused by the weather and UV rays.

The book, a two-character examination of a contemporary marriage's disintegration, is by the composer.

This last phase eventually gives way to decadence and disintegration characterized by brutish manners (see: reality television).

There is a theory that loneliness stems from a profound sense of disintegration, caused by just the kind of broken childhood Darger suffered.

La voix humaine, Poulenc's adaptation of the Cocteau play, is a devastating portrait of human disintegration, even by operatic standards.