verb🔗ShareTo come apart into long sharp fragments."The tall tree splintered during the storm."materialactionstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause to break apart into long sharp fragments."His third kick splintered the door."materialactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions."The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree."politicsgrouporganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb."The doctor splintered the boy's broken arm, using small wooden pieces to hold the bones in place. "medicinebodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading