"splintering" in the noun sense
1. chip, chipping, splintering
the act of chipping something
"splintering" in the verb sense
1. secede, splinter, break away
withdraw from an organization or communion
"After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
2. sliver, splinter
divide into slivers or splinters
3. splinter, sliver
break up into splinters or slivers
"The wood splintered"
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