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Splintering

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chipnounA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
chippingnoun(uncountable) The act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc.

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chippingnoun(uncountable) The act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc.
chipnounA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
riftnoun(figurative) A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.
cuttingnoun(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
break-upnounAlternative spelling of breakup. [The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.]
unbundlingnounThe process by which something is unbundled.
splitverb(transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
schismnounA split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.
divisionnoun(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
excisionnoun(surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
spallingnounAny process that spalls a surface, or the damage that results from that process: spallation.
shatteringverbVery tiring; exhausting
fragmentationnounThe act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
spallationnoun(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a nucleus fragments into many nucleons.
fracturingnounThe act by which something is fractured.
splatternounAn uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
spatteringnounSomething spattered.
shardingnoun(databases) A decomposition of a database into multiple smaller units that can handle requests individually.
splatteringnounA mess of something splattered.
breakagenounThe act of breaking.

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