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splinter::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sliver |
| Type of | fragmentize, fragment, fragmentise, break up |
The wood splintered.
Examples of splinter
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Stifled by indifference and inertia, their wounds splinter when tragedy strikes.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
With the side of a chef's knife, press down firmly to splinter the whole cloves.
From the boston.com
The Taliban movement and various splinter groups make contradictory statements.
From the latimes.com
The Real IRA is a splinter group with no more than a couple of hundred members.
From the independent.co.uk
Few expected the newly formed alliance to splinter quite so quickly or so easily.
From the economist.com
Previously, a splinter group outside the university raised about $400,000 a year.
From the denverpost.com
And it is this salt-laden spray that is making the huts'walls splinter and shred.
From the newscientist.com
A splinter of rage jabbed Cameron's chest, but he tried to keep his voice calm.
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Large numbers of ex-Way followers formed the foundation of the splinter groups.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
- Secede: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
- Sliver: divide into slivers or splinters
- (splinters) matchwood: wood in small pieces or splinters; "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks"
- Splinter is a 2006 American police-action film set in Los Angeles directed by Michael D. Olmos and starring Tom Sizemore, Noel Gugliemi and Edward James Olmos.
- Splinter is a 2008 horror film directed by Toby Wilkins. It had a limited theatrical release on October 31, 2008 and stars Shea Whigham, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Wagner, and Rachel Kerbs. It was filmed near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- The Splinter is a two-seater American supercar concept made of wood. It was created by a team led by Joe Harmon, an industrial designer from North Carolina. There are no plans to mass-produce this vehicle.
- Splinter was a two-man vocal group from South Shields, England, consisting of Bill Elliott (William Elliott) and Bobby Purvis (Robert J Purvis), who formed in 1974.
- In contract bridge, a splinter bid is a convention whereby a jump bid in a side-suit indicates a trump fit and a singleton or void in the suit bid. For example, a 4 clubs response to a 1 heart opening establishes hearts as trump suit and indicates a singleton or void in clubs. ...
