Splintering

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo come apart into long sharp fragments.

"The tall tree splintered during the storm."

2.verbTo cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.

"His third kick splintered the door."

3.verb(of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.

"The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree."

4.verbTo fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

5.nounThe process or result of something being splintered.

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