Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun splintering

1 sense of splintering

Sense 1
chip, chipping, splintering -- (the act of chipping something)
       => breakage, break, breaking -- (the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb splinter

3 senses of splinter

Sense 1
secede, splinter, break away -- (withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away")
       => separate, part, split up, split, break, break up -- (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up")

Sense 2
sliver, splinter -- (divide into slivers or splinters)
       => divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up -- (separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I")

Sense 3
splinter, sliver -- (break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered")
       => break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise -- (break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented")

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