1. splintering - noun
· the act of chipping something
Hypernym(s): breakage, break, breaking
2. splinter - verb
· withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
Synonym(s): secede, break_away
Hypernym(s): separate, part, split_up, split, break, break_up
3. splinter - verb
· divide into slivers or splinters
Synonym(s): sliver
Hypernym(s): divide, split, split_up, separate, dissever, carve_up
4. splinter - verb
· break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
Synonym(s): sliver
Hypernym(s): break_up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
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