Disintegrator

/dɪsˈɪntɪɡreɪtər/ noun

Definition

A device or substance that breaks things into small pieces or causes disintegration.

Etymology

From disintegrate + -or (a person or thing that does something). Industrial machines with this name physically crush materials.

Kelly Says

Recycling centers use disintegrators to shred waste into manageable pieces before sorting. They're brutal machines—watching one work is like watching the world's most violent blender, reducing solid objects to fragments in seconds.

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