Noun
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a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
"he got a splinter in his finger"
"it broke into slivers"
Verb
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break up into splinters or slivers
"The wood splintered"
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divide into slivers or splinters
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withdraw from an organization or communion
"After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
- break away