delaminate.
To cause (something assembled by lamination) to come apart into the layers that make it up.
Meaning & usage
To cause (something assembled by lamination) to come apart into the layers that make it up.
To come apart into its component layers.
Water damage caused the plywood of the floor to delaminate. The layers came apart and the whole piece had to be replaced.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English laminate English delaminate From de- + laminate.
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