Synonyms of splintering

Noun

1. chip, chipping, splintering, breakage, break, breaking

usage: the act of chipping something

Verb

1. secede, splinter, break away, separate, part, split up, split, break, break up

usage: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

2. sliver, splinter, divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up

usage: divide into slivers or splinters

3. splinter, sliver, break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise

usage: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"