Definition of Splintering

Noun: splintering  splin-tu-ring

  1. The act of chipping something
    - chip, chipping
Verb: splinter  splin-tu(r)
  1. Withdraw from an organization or communion
    "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics splintered";
    - secede, break away
     
  2. Divide into slivers or splinters
    - sliver
     
  3. Break up into splinters or slivers
    "The wood splintered";
    - sliver

See also:
splintered
splinterless