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View definitions for splinter

splinter

noun as in thin piece of solid

verb as in break into thin, small pieces

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One of the major funders of the move is the Immaculate Heart Community, the independent group formed when the nuns in Kent’s order splintered from the Catholic Church.

Not better than “Anora,” but the vote for unorthodox indie movies figures to be splintered.

As the film moves from Guatemala to Mexico and then to the United States, Nava slowly splinters the magical realism Rosa and Enrique had grown up with.

The imposing concrete structure, known as the Lower Busch Tank, shows signs of age, with a latticework of cracks across its facade and splintered wood ringing its upper rim.

The latter group was also racked with infighting between established members and splinter groups pushing explicitly white nationalist ideas.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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