as in dissolution
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces
fears that the scission of the labor union will compromise the workers' bargaining power
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Recent Examples of scission
The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.
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William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
6 May 2022
Wilson cautions more work is needed to explain how exactly spin results after scission.
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Charles Q. Choi,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2021
The structure is easily broken down in a reaction called scission (like scissors), which tears up the polymer chain.
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Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
5 Aug. 2020
Using IVs that are sanitized between trees, park service workers make a minimally invasive scission in order to treat the tree, according to Jason Gillis, park arborist for National Mall and Memorial Parks.
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Paulina Smolinski,
USA TODAY,
19 Aug. 2019
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
6 May 2022
Wilson cautions more work is needed to explain how exactly spin results after scission.
—
Charles Q. Choi,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2021
The structure is easily broken down in a reaction called scission (like scissors), which tears up the polymer chain.
—
Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
5 Aug. 2020
Using IVs that are sanitized between trees, park service workers make a minimally invasive scission in order to treat the tree, according to Jason Gillis, park arborist for National Mall and Memorial Parks.
—
Paulina Smolinski,
USA TODAY,
19 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scission
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Curacao became an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010, following the dissolution of the Netherland Antilles.
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The piano ballad follows the dissolution of a relationship as the couple grows apart.
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All cheerleaders must be flexible and able to perform the splits by the start of the season.
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However, the game — which was played on a dreadful pitch in front of almost 115,000 people at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City — will forever be remembered for Maradona’s two goals that perfectly encapsulated the split-screen feel to his career.
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The series, out now on Prime Video, follows Percy and Sam, two childhood friends who fall in love as teenagers and, years after their breakup, are reunited back in their childhood hometown for a memorial service.
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The song is believed to be about ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom, as the former couple famously rekindled their relationship in 2018 after their 2017 breakup and went on to get engaged in 2019.
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The architect replaced rigid partitions with a curtain system to separate the bedroom, which then benefited from better airflow and light.
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In 1947, the United Nations adopted a partition plan that contemplated two states, one Jewish and one Arab.
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In 2019, the district attorney’s office of Fulton County, Georgia, opened one of an increasing number of Conviction Integrity Units – known as CIUs – divisions that look into claims of false convictions.
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The overwhelming success of the BMW M wagons will lead the automaker’s performance division to give us a M3 Touring in the Neue Klasse era.
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Some of 2026’s primaries are showing a new schism — and the results should be ringing alarm bells across the network.
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The schism mirrors a similar one running through Silicon Valley.
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“Scission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scission. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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