noun
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the act or an instance of breaking, splitting, destroying.
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he who does this; a destroyer.
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the process of separating of a physical or abstract thing, as a method of studying its nature, constitution, proportion and interrelationship of ingredients, etc.; analysis.
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a man who analyses for any of these purposes; an analyser.
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an adjective that helps to separate a thing, person, etc. from a class or group.
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(phil.) a reducing of a huge or incomprehensible thing into small or comprensible size.