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Dictionary definition for: Splinter

1. (n) a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger" "it flew into flinders"

2. (v) withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

3. (v) divide into slivers or splinters

4. (v) break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"

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