delaminate
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"The cant rail, a stainless-steel exterior trim panel, can delaminate and detach from the vehicle," the notice said.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
“It can’t delaminate when you put it in the molten plastic.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2012
Since many gaskets are paper-based, the trapped moisture under a cushion can cause them to delaminate in short order, and they may literally fall apart in your hands just when you need them.
From Time Magazine Archive
A thick ridge of tissue forms over the eyeball where the eyelids later delaminate.
From Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima by Woolfenden, Glen E.
V. slice, shave, pare, peel; delaminate; plate, coat, veneer; cover &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Hearn was detained last month after touching some of the material, and told BBC News at the time it had already "delaminated".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Former Olympian David Hearn, left, has said he only touched a piece of liner already "delaminated"
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
A more recent analysis based on a different set of earthquake waves points to a tear on the western edge of the delaminated slab.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
“The edge of that plastic film delaminated from the paper ever so slightly,” recalls Penrose-Kafka, a business analyst from Seminole, Florida.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
“The edge of that plastic film delaminated from the paper ever so slightly,” recalls Penrose-Kafka, a business analyst from Seminole, Fla. “I was denied entry into Nicaragua.”
From Washington Post
Many plates featuring the chickadee, a design introduced in 1999, are now peeling and delaminating, and in need of replacement.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
They become site-specific descriptions of a place, written in its own delaminating school desks and tarnished bathtubs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
After looking at the pictures you sent, he said it appears that the objective lenses — the ones farthest from the eyes — each consist of two lenses that were cemented together but are delaminating.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2015
