splinter

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to splint + -er

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splinter (plural splinters)

  1. A long, sharp fragment of material; often wood.
  2. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.

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long, sharp fragment of material; often wood
a group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership
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[edit] Verb

splinter (third-person singular simple present splinters, present participle splintering, simple past and past participle splintered)

  1. (intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.
    The tall tree splintered during the storm.
  2. (transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
    His third kick splintered the door.
  3. (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
    The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
    The unpopular new policies splintered the company.

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to come apart into splinters
to cause to break apart into splinters
to break or cause to break into factions
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