splinter

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splinter Definition

• (n) a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
• (v) withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
• (v) divide into slivers or splinters
• (v) break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"

splinter Synonyms

• break away
• flinders
• secede
• sliver
• splinter