splintering

Meaning of splintering

verb
  1. To come apart into long sharp fragments.
    The tall tree splintered during the storm.
  2. To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
    His third kick splintered the door.
  3. (of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
    The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
  4. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

noun

The process or result of something being splintered.

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Hyphenation of splintering

splin-ter-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • splintering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

splintering synonyms

Meaning chip:

chip, chipping

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