flinders
Tiny broken pieces
Flinders are small fragments or splinters, typically from something that has been shattered or broken apart.
The word appears almost exclusively in the phrase blown to flinders or smashed to flinders, describing violent destruction into tiny pieces.
Literary and somewhat old-fashioned.
Thin sharp broken fragments
- shardsBroken fragments of brittle material
- sliversThin, sharp fragments
- bitsSmall portions or pieces
- piecesParts of something divided
chips · fragments · smithereens · shreds · scraps · remnants · particles · specks
Broken into fragments
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- explodedBurst violently outward
splintered · crumbled · disintegrated · demolished · wrecked · ruined · crushed · fractured
splinters
Thin sharp broken fragments
pieces · chips · fragments · smithereens · shreds · scraps · remnants · particles · specks · crumbs
shattered
Broken into fragments
exploded · splintered · crumbled · disintegrated · demolished · wrecked · ruined · crushed · fractured · snapped