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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   splinter
       n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
            splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" [syn:
            splinter, sliver]
       v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the
            break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
            [syn: secede, splinter, break away]
       2: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver, splinter]
       3: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
          [syn: splinter, sliver]