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splinter

Nouns

• (n) a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
  • he got a splinter in his finger
  • it broke into slivers
  sliver,

Verbs

• (v) withdraw from an organization or communion
  • After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
  secede, break away,
• (v) divide into slivers or splinters sliver,
• (v) break up into splinters or slivers
  • The wood splintered
  sliver,

Synonyms

sliver secede break away

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