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Synonyms for splinter
ˈsplɪn tərsplin·ter
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Wiktionary
splinternoun
To break, or cause to break, into factions.
splinternoun
Synonyms:
splinter group, faction
Princeton's WordNet
splinter, sliververb
a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
"he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
secede, splinter, break awayverb
withdraw from an organization or communion
"After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
Synonyms:
chip, chip off, come off, scat, secede, run away, lam, bunk, break out, sliver, take to the woods, break, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, hightail it, break off, escape, break awaysliver, splinterverb
divide into slivers or splinters
Synonyms:
sliver, secede, break awaysplinter, sliververb
break up into splinters or slivers
"The wood splintered"
Synonyms:
sliver, secede, break away
Dictionary of English Synonymes
splinterverb
splinterverb
Synonyms:
be split (into thin pieces), be shivered
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "splinter":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#672 | run | |
#1618 | break | |
#3712 | chip | |
#4430 | escape | |
#10417 | scat | |
#12318 | lam | |
#14352 | shaving | |
#19271 | splinter | |
#19709 | bunk | |
#19817 | faction | |
#21119 | renegade | |
#21418 | thorn | |
#25799 | dissenting | |
#28724 | breakaway | |
#34464 | dissident | |
#44576 | sliver | |
#50867 | paring | |
#54529 | shard | |
#86119 | secede |
How to use splinter in a sentence?
I run my hands over all the toys and feel for something that's not supposed to be there -- a loose wheel or splinter.
I would generally recommend that you not leave a splinter in place.
It was less than cordial, because there were a lot of concerns there, but I tried very hard to explain to them that this is not a splinter group, that we are veterans and happen to be gay.
Putin thought that he could easily topple Kyiv’s democratically elected government. He thought that the wider world would let him get away with it. He thought that our unity would splinter, but he was wrong – on each and every count.
We have to stay together, because Russian President Vladimir Putin has been counting on since the beginning that somehow the G7 or NATO would somehow splinter but we haven't and we are not going to, we can't let this aggression take the form it has and get away with it.
Translations for splinter
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- شظيةArabic
- tilişkəAzerbaijani
- estellaCatalan, Valencian
- tříska, štěpit, odštěpit, štípatCzech
- splintDanish
- Splittergruppe, Splitter, zersplitternGerman
- ακίδα, θραύσμα, σκλήθραGreek
- splitoEsperanto
- astillar, astilla, esquirlaSpanish
- pind, kildEstonian
- ترکشPersian
- hajota, pirstale, säle, sirpaleryhmä, sirpale, hajottaaFinnish
- faction, esquille, éclat, échardeFrench
- spléachIrish
- spealgScottish Gaelic
- किरचHindi
- szálka, forgácsHungarian
- տաշեղArmenian
- terpecahIndonesian
- scheggia, fazioneItalian
- קֵיסָםHebrew
- 破片, 刺Japanese
- ხიწვი, ხიჭვიGeorgian
- ಸ್ಪ್ಲಿಂಟರ್Kannada
- 나무 조각Korean
- assula, schidiaLatin
- trupinys, drožlė, rakštisLithuanian
- деланка, спицаMacedonian
- splinter, splintergroep, splinteren, versplinterenDutch
- flisNorwegian
- drzazga, odłam, odłamekPolish
- farpaPortuguese
- factiune, schisma, așchieRomanian
- заноза, расщепляться, щепка, расщеплять, раскалываться, отщепенцы, раскалыватьRussian
- schedra, ascra, ascia, astua, schelda, astula, alciaSardinian
- trskaSlovene
- sticka, avknoppning, utbrytning, flisaSwedish
- பிளவுTamil
- పుడకTelugu
- เสี้ยนThai
- kıymıkTurkish
- осколкаUkrainian
- کرچUrdu
- mảnh vụnVietnamese
- שפּאַלטןYiddish
- 碎片Chinese
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