Splintering — synonyms, definition

1. splintering (Noun)

chip chipping

splintering (Noun) — The act of chipping something.

break breakage breaking

2. splintering (Verb)

breaking away seceding slivering

splintering (Verb) — Withdraw from an organization or communion. ex. "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics splintered"

splintering (Verb) — Divide into slivers or splinters.

splintering (Verb) — Break up into splinters or slivers. ex. "The wood splintered"

breaking breaking up carving up dissevering dividing fragmenting fragmentising fragmentizing parting separating splitting splitting up