What is another word for splintering?

Pronunciation: [splˈɪntəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Splintering is a word that describes the act of breaking or splitting into small pieces. There are several synonyms that can be used to describe this act, including shattering, fracturing, fragmenting, and breaking apart. Another way to describe this action would be to use words like cracking, chipping, or disintegrating. All of these words convey the same sense of destruction and breaking down of an object, whether it's a piece of wood or glass. No matter which word you choose to use, they all imply a sudden and violent separation of something that was once whole.

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    • Noun, singular or mass
      split.

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Usage examples for Splintering

Potted plants went down; a slender gilt chair refused to support the hurled body of Master Roderick Magsworth Bitts, and the sound of splintering wood mingled with other sounds.
"Penrod and Sam"
Booth Tarkington
But in another moment the little singing scream came again, the blow of the heavy slug against the splintering rock was repeated, the distant report of the rifle followed.
"Nan of Music Mountain"
Frank H. Spearman
Not that she had not been shocked that one bolt out of all that summer storm-cloud, barely splintering the rose-arbor, should strike the head leaning against it with a blow so faint and yet so fatal; nor that she would not miss Cornelius and find it very inconvenient to fill his place in her business management.
"The Reclaimers"
Margaret Hill McCarter

Famous quotes with Splintering

  • Picture this: A mountain splintering the sky like a broken bone, its western precipice plummeting onto jumbled scree.
    Sheri S. Tepper

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