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splinter

('spl/I/nt/@/r )

a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal(noun.object)

Example:
He got a splinter in his finger.

Synonym:
sliver

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

withdraw from an organization or communion(verb.social)

Synonym:
break away, secede

source: wordnet30
divide into slivers or splinters(verb.social)

source: wordnet30
break up into splinters or slivers(verb.change)

Example:
The wood splintered.

source: wordnet30
To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become split into long pieces.(verb)

source: webster1913

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