Splinter synonyms and antonyms

splĭn'tər

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shatter
To break into pieces; smash or burst:
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flake
A small piece; a bit.
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wood
(Uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
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smash (related)
To break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow or collision:
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chip
(Golf) To make a chip shot
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disintegrate
(Intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.
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break
(Specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
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fragment
To break or separate (something) into fragments.
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rend
To pull away forcibly; wrest:
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slice
To cut into slices.
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sliver
To split or become split into slivers.
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combine (antonym)
To have, exhibit, or involve in combination:
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fix (antonym)
To become stable or firm; harden:
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mend (antonym)
To mend is defined as to fix or repair, or to get better or resolve a disagreement.
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rift
To cause to split open or break.
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shiver
A fragment or splinter.
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bit (related)
(Informal) A particular kind of action, situation, or behavior:
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fracture
A break or rupture in bone tissue. &diamf3; A comminuted fracture results in more than two fragments. &diamf3; Although most fractures are caused by a direct blow or sudden, twisting force, stress fractures result from repetitive physical activity. &diamf3; In an incomplete fracture , the fracture line does not completely traverse the bone.
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rive
In woodworking, to use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
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sunder
To force or keep apart:
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Also used with off: secede
To break away or withdraw from membership in an association or a federation.
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split
To cast (one's vote) or mark (one's ballot) for candidates of more than one party
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help (related)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
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participate (related)
To share in something:
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politics (related)
To break away or withdraw from membership in an association or a federation.
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secede
(Uncommon) To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
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break-away
To become separated, literally or figuratively
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cell-r (related)
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crack (related)
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keratinize (related)
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piece
What one has to say about something; an opinion:
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Splinter Sentence Examples

  • Government will splinter once the attacks occur.

  • Within the enclosure of the Khalifa's house is the tomb of Hubert Howard, son of the 9th earl of Carlisle, who was killed in the house at the capture of the city by a splinter of a shell fired at the Mandi's tomb.

  • Oxygen, recognized by its power of igniting a glowing splinter, results from the decomposition of oxides of the noble metals, peroxides, chlorates, nitrates and other highly oxygenized salts.

  • Wiedemann, in Erlangen Sitzungsberichte (1904, p. 33 o), translates the phrase given above as splinter of wood, by the term wooden cross.

  • And I never feel a break or a splinter in the least.

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