to splinter
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6.2
- verb
- /ˈsplɪntər/
- Increasing tensions within the organization led some employees to splinter away and create a rival company.
- splintered party
- splintered coalition
- splintered opposition
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Examples
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The debate over the new policy caused the committee to splinter into opposing factions.
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By doing this, Luther also starts a process that splinters Christianity into a million pieces.
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Bad things only happen to people that splinter off from the group.
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Society has splintered into all sorts of groups.
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During the violence, the major newspapers splintered and took sides.
Academic text (2009) -
Given these incentives, radical parties are usually expected to either moderate or to splinter into irrelevance.
Academic text (2013) -
Partly because of this history, Palestinian society has splintered into many different political, religious, and ideological factions.
Academic text (2009) -
Over the years, however, these groups have splintered into factions, some of which refuse to acknowledge these nonviolent reforms.
Academic text (2010) -
Our clan, the Plain Janes, has splintered and the pieces are being absorbed by rival factions.
Fiction book (1999) -
After a major disagreement, several members decided to splinter from the political party and form their own group.
Synonyms
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1.0
To go away from a place, person, or group
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2.9
To move apart or stop being together
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2.8
To stop taking part in a place or activity
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3.2
Leave an activity or agreement you had joined
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7.1
To leave your country or group to join a rival
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8.5
To leave a group or country and stop being part of it
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4.1
To leave an organization and form a separate group
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2.8
To make a piece come away from something by hitting or bending it
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7.0
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
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6.7
To stop being involved with a person, group, or idea
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4.1
To leave a group and move away in a different direction
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7.5
To stop being a member of a group or organization
To separate part of a company to make it an independent business
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Etymology
The word splinter uses the image of split ('to break'), like a tiny piece breaking off from a board. So to splinter (or splinter off) is to break away from a group or organization.