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splintering

verb

Meaning

  1. To come apart into long sharp fragments.
  2. To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
  3. (of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
  4. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
  5. The process or result of something being splintered.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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