delaminate

American  

[dee-lam-uh-neyt] / diˈlæm əˌneɪt /

verb (used without object)

delaminated, delaminating

1. to split into laminae or thin layers.

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delaminate British  

/ diːˈlæmɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. to divide or cause to divide into thin layers

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Other Word Forms

• delamination noun

Etymology

Origin of delaminate

First recorded in 1875–80; de- + laminate

Example Sentences

"The cant rail, a stainless-steel exterior trim panel, can delaminate and detach from the vehicle," the notice said.

From BBC

“It won’t be possible for a child to disintegrate and delaminate a perovskite panel accidentally,” she says.

From Nature

Detractors say steamers can cause the layers of glued canvas that shape suit jackets’ shoulders and chest to delaminate; the combination of heat and pressure that irons deliver, they argue, is the only way to prevent this problem.

From Slate

This process needs to happen relatively quickly, because, after extraction, the soil clinging to an object dries, and “the paint layers literally delaminate with it,” leaving a denuded object and “a painting in reverse” adhering to scattered flakes of soil.

From The New Yorker

The celluloid was buckling and yellowing, while, most worryingly, some of the paint was starting to flake away, or delaminate.

From The Guardian

Related Words

• exfoliate
• sliver