splinter

splinter
Synonyms and related words:
atomize, bit, black sheep, blemish, breach, break, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, breakage, breakaway group, burst, butt, camp, caucus, chip, chunk, cleft, clip, clipping, collop, crack, crash, crumb, crunch, crush, cut, cut to pieces, cutting, demolish, diffuse, disintegrate, disperse, disrupt, division, dollop, end, ethnic group, faction, fission, fissure, foreign body, foreign intruder, fracture, fragment, gap, gob, gobbet, grind, gruel, hunk, impurity, interest, interest group, intruder, lath, lump, make mincemeat of, mere shadow, mince, minority group, misfit, modicum, moiety, monkey wrench, morceau, morsel, mote, nip, oddball, offshoot, paper, paring, particle, party, pash, patch, piece, political party, pressure group, pulverize, rail, rake, rasher, rent, rift, rip, rive, rupture, scale, scatter, scoop, scrap, sect, shadow, shard, shatter, shaving, shiver, shred, side, silent majority, skeleton, slash, slat, slice, slip, slit, sliver, smash, smash up, smatter, smithereen, snack, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, soup, speck, splinter group, split, squash, squish, stitch, stone, streak, stump, tag, tatter, tear, vein, vocal minority, wafer, weed, wing

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Synonyms:
(into thin pieces), , / , (into thin pieces),


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  • Splinter — may refer to: * a sharp fragment of material, usually wood, metal, or fiberglass, see [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/splinter wiktionary entry for splinter ] . * Splinter or Schism (organizational), a division of an organization or movement into… …   Wikipedia

  • Splinter — Splinter …   Википедия

  • splinter — late 14c., from M.Du. splinter, splenter a splinter, related to splinte (see SPLINT (Cf. splint)). The verb is from 1580s; figurative sense from c.1600. Related: Splintered; splintering. The adjective (as in splinter party) is first recorded 1935 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Splinter — Splin ter, n. [See {Splinter}, v., or {Splint}, n.] A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship s mast rent off by a shot. [1913 Webster] {Splinter bar} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • splinter — [n] thin piece of solid bit, chip, flake, fragment, needle, paring, shaving, sliver, wood; concepts 471,479,831 splinter [v] break into thin, small pieces break to smithereens*, burst, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, pash, rive, shatter, shiver …   New thesaurus

  • splinter — [splin′tər] vt., vi. [ME < MDu, akin to splinte,SPLINT] 1. to break or split into thin, sharp pieces 2. to break into small parts or into groups with divergent views; fragment n. 1. a thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, etc., made by splitting or …   English World dictionary

  • Splinter — Splin ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splintered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splintering}.] [Cf. LG. splittern, splinteren. See {Splint}, n., {Split}.] 1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Splinter — Splin ter, v. i. To become split into long pieces. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • splinter — index break (fracture), rend, separate, sever, split Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Splinter — Sm spleißen …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • splinter n — splinter group …   English expressions

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