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1. The act of chipping something
   - chip, chipping

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

Derived forms: splinterings

Type of: break, break up, breakage, breaking, carve up, dissever, divide, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, part, separate, split, split up

Encyclopedia: Splinter