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splintering

adjective as in breaking

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Lots of sub-Avengers groups added to further splintering, bad feeling, and paranoia.

Instead, Egypt's current unrest is a sign of how much the nation is splintering.

Splintering of parties could spell doom for the next government.

A sudden re-appearance by Saleh might help gel the slowly splintering opposition but it could just as easily spark civil war.

"The cast is already splintering off," said Adam Scott, speaking to The Daily Beast by phone last month.

There was a cry from Tip—a sound of splintering wood—something seemed to strike me a brutal blow.

Then came a roaring broadside that went splintering through the British hull, doing more damage than all the Guerriere's fire.

Immediately the glass doors opening on the balcony were flung back with a splintering crash.

There was a sound of splintering glass and the acrid smell of smoke.

It crashed into him with stunning force, and he could feel ribs splintering.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to splintering, such as: collapsing, cracking, crumbling, fracturing, shattering, and smashing.

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

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