Definition of splinter
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:a group or faction broken away from a parent body
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Examples of splinter in a Sentence
I got a splinter in my finger.
There were splinters of glass everywhere.
Recent Examples of splinter from the Web
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A guy named Kory Watkins, the leader of Open Carry Tarrant County (a splinter group from the already-fringe statewide Open Carry Texas organization) posted videos attacking him online.
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Afraid to gather, people stay home, and society splinters ever so slightly more, eroding the societal resilience that is the best and most lasting counterterrorism measure available.
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And like a religion, the Bitcoin Cash splinter faction was immediately rejected by the establishment—in this case by Coinbase, the largest Bitcoin exchange on the planet.
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Or the time one of Cricket’s friends got a splinter in her behind after the girls dragged each other on towels to wax the hardwood floor.
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Annealed glass, on the other hand, will shatter into tiny, sharp splinters under thermal shock.
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Bol’s support of the peace agreement, between the northern establishment and a southern splinter group, was used as state propaganda; Ajok Geng Wol Kuag, who was 17 at the time, recalls watching news coverage of it on her family’s TV in Khartoum.
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Mollinger’s chapel is purportedly home to 22 splinters of the True Cross (on which Jesus was crucified), a scrap from the Virgin Mary’s veil, and bones from all 12 of Jesus’s apostles.
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Hours after the mostly peaceful demonstration began, a splinter group of scores of protesters walked down a ramp onto Interstate 94.
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Origin and Etymology of splinter
Middle English, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle Low German splinte splint
splinter Synonyms
Definition of splinter
splintered;
splintering
play
\ˈsplin-tə-riŋ, -triŋ\
transitive verb
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:to split into fragments, parts, or factions
intransitive verb
:to become splintered
Examples of splinter in a Sentence
The board splintered under his weight.
The impact of the crash splintered the glass.
groups that have splintered off to form new political movements
a political party that has been splintered by disagreements
Recent Examples of splinter from the Web
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After two decades without the NFL, L.A. by and large splintered its allegiances.
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Aerial video footage shows that part of a building was ripped apart, with wood splintered and bricks scattered about.
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Aerial video footage of the school’s campus showed part of a building was ripped apart, with wood splintered and bricks scattered about.
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The band’s sound had continued to evolve, and my tastes had begun to splinter in another direction; often the waves of fandom only line up for brief periods before diverging.
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In Asheville, North Carolina, the issue proved so contentious that, late last year, a task force created to study STRs publicly splintered, according to the local Citizen-Times.
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A one trillion ton iceberg splintered from Antarctica.
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Democrats are splintered over the impasse, with Prieto opposed to the plan and Sweeney in favor.
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Some screws have also added flat drill bits at the end, which allows them to move through wood without splintering, as well as stronger materials like steel.
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First Known Use of splinter
1582
SPLINTER Defined for English Language Learners
splinter
play
noun
Definition of splinter for English Language Learners
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: a thin, sharp piece of something (such as wood, glass, etc.) that has broken off a larger piece
splinter
verb
Definition of splinter for English Language Learners
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: to break (something) into small pieces or splinters
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: to divide or split a group of people into smaller groups
SPLINTER Defined for Kids
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