spalled

"spalled," or knocked out of the nuclei, and others will be boiled off as the bombarded nuclei heat up.

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This new board is different — it calls to him — and he examines it then places it on a clear space on the slab, the side of the board aligned with the impact-spalled concrete edge.

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The discovery caused days of delay in the pour, as Crowe deemed the faulted and spalled ground exposed in the partially excavated trench to be an unsuitable foundation for his dam.

Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

The discovery caused days of delay in the pour, as Crowe deemed the faulted and spalled ground exposed in the partially excavated trench to be an unsuitable foundation for his dam.

Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

The fasteners holding the marble to the underlying frame were not all stainless steel; many had rusted and much of the marble had discolored and spalled.

Setting the Record Straight About Ed Stone and Brad Cloepfil 2008

She whirled, one hand still on the grit-spalled floor, and saw indistinct figures struggling in a tunnel of spiraling dust.

Sun of Suns 2006

The floor had been vacuumed for evidence by the crime-scene team, but the old concrete walls were untouched, spalled and peeling.

The Beekeeper's Apprentice King, Laurie R. 2006

Wady Ruways, on whose left side was a large atelier, with broken walls and spalled quartz of the Negro variety.

The Land of Midian 2003

In the evening we walked westward to the hills that bound the slope; and came upon a rock-cut road leading to an atalier, where “Marú” has been spalled from the stone in situ.

The Land of Midian 2003

The argentiferous Negro quartz everywhere abounds, and near the ruins of Badá lie strews of spalled “Marú,” each fragment showing its little block of pure lead.

The Land of Midian 2003