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splinter

English

  1. 🔊 a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
    “he got a splinter in his finger”
  2. 🔊 break up into splinters or slivers
    “The wood splintered”
  3. 🔊 divide into slivers or splinters
  4. 🔊 withdraw from an organization or communion
    “After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 astilla splinter
  2. 🔊 astillar to splinter

Similar words

sliver sliver sliver secede break away atomize bit black sheep blemish breach break break into pieces break to pieces break up breakage breakaway group burst butt camp caucus chip chunk cleft clip