to splinter

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To come apart into long sharp fragments

The tall tree splintered during the storm.

To break, or cause to break, into factions

The unpopular new policies splintered the company.

To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments

His third kick splintered the door.

{v} to secure by splints, to shiver
{n} a thin piece of wood broken off
break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
divide into slivers or splinters
To become split into long pieces
A long, sharp fragment of material; often wood
{f} break off into small slender fragments; cause to split into small slender fragments; separate into factions
break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered
a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered
If something splinters or is splintered, it breaks into thin, sharp pieces. The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces The stone rocketed into the glass, splintering it. a small sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal, that has broken off a larger piece
A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership
A splinter is a very thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other hard substance, which has broken off from a larger piece. splinters of glass. a splinter in the finger
To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree
To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb
a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
To come apart into splinters
{i} small slender fragment that has broken off of a larger piece (of glass, wood, etc.); splinter group, faction
a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, or other debris that is lodged underneath the skin
A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot
To cause to break apart into splinters
to splinter

    Hyphenation

    to splin·ter

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı splîntır

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈspləntər/ /tə ˈsplɪntɜr/
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