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fibrillate
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fib·ril·late  (fbr-lt, fbr-)
intr. & tr.v. fib·ril·lat·ed, fib·ril·lat·ing, fib·ril·lates
To undergo or cause to undergo fibrillation.
[New Latin fibrilla, fibril; see fibril + -ate.]
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Verb1.fibrillate - make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements; "His heart fibrillated and he died"
twitch, jerk - make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"


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Although the PTFE is added as a powder, the shear developed during compounding into an elastomer fibrillates the powder into a continuous network of nodes and fibers.
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