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adjective

Definition of splinterednext
as in split

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splintered

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verb

past tense of splinter
as in sliced
to cut into long slender pieces splintered the carrots into little sticks

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splintered
  1. split
  2. cracked
  3. chopped
  4. exploded
  5. fractured
  6. fragmented
  7. blasted
  8. broken
Adjective
  • The delay was made necessary after last week's split ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said the 1,000-foot chain of buoys floating for the past year near Eagle Pass may remain in place while the legal wrangling continues.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • So there were some split kitchen tables, but not enough to help Harris win.
    Daniel Wood, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of split
Adjective
  • Galls can begin semisoft but harden with a cracked surface over time, though plants won’t necessarily display symptoms the same season or year they were infected.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In recent years, several stretches of the aqueduct system have been drained to allow replacement of cracked and bulging sections of century-old concrete.
    Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2023
Definition of cracked
Verb
  • That would be The Lincoln Lawyer, now back for season 3, and a season release not chopped in half like the first one was, presumably because Netflix did not like those numbers last time around, as people probably dropped off for the second batch.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • This summer, nearly one-third of would-be Chicago school board candidates were chopped from the ballot after a challenge process involving high-profile political operatives and lobbyists.
    Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of chopped
Adjective
  • Yet McKnight says these orbiting specters of exploded shells might not represent the greatest danger to spacefarers and space habitats.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Enlarge / An exploded view of Magna's bimatrix projector.
    Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of exploded
Adjective
  • Dunn was allegedly attacked by Songz and his security and suffered fractured eye sockets and scarring.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Jabbari suffered a fractured finger and a gash behind her ear.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of fractured
Adjective
  • What followed was an infuriating ordeal through a fragmented healthcare system that seemed more intent on serving its bureaucratic processes than its patients.
    Chris Bowen, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • This time around, brands have asked for more coordination and support across their very fragmented supply chains, which is one of the team’s main goals.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of fragmented
Adjective
  • Second, no one is offering to rebuild the blasted towns and villages of southern Lebanon when this is over, the way the oil-rich Gulf States did after the last major war with Israel, in 2006.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • As in the video game, which starts characters off in a kind of blasted heath, the surroundings are visually competent but forgettable.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Definition of blasted
Adjective
  • Without breaking stride, Hunter blew past four more Utah defenders and hopped into the end zone, a broken play transformed into a work of art.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • De Menezes was on his way to repair a broken fire alarm when he was shot and killed in an underground carriage at Stockwell station.
    Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of broken
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splintering

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