splinterings
Shattering into shards
Splinterings are instances of breaking into sharp, jagged fragments.
Wood splinterings scatter when an axe strikes; splinterings of bone complicate a fracture.
Figuratively, splinterings describe fragmentations of groups or alliances: The splinterings within the party made unity impossible.
The word emphasizes the violent or chaotic nature of the breaking apart.
Incomplete broken pieces
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- piecesParts of something divided
- fracturesBreaks in rigid material
cracks · chips · disintegration · ruptures · divisions · separations · scattering · dispersal
Tree-derived building material
- boneHard skeletal tissue
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- iceWater's solid form
- timberWood for construction
bamboo · ceramic · plywood · fibers · grain · shrapnel · brittle · fracturing
Dissenting internal groups
- schismsFormal organizational splits
- breakawaysSudden departures from group
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
- dissentDisagreement with authority
fracturing · parties · coalitions · movements · secessions · rifts · defections · polarization
fragments
Incomplete broken pieces
fractures · cracks · chips · disintegration · ruptures · divisions · separations · scattering · dispersal · bursting
wood
Tree-derived building material
timber · bamboo · ceramic · plywood · fibers · grain · shrapnel · brittle · fracturing · stress
factions
Dissenting internal groups
- schismsFormal organizational splits
- breakawaysSudden departures from group
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
dissent · fracturing · parties · coalitions · movements · secessions · rifts · defections · polarization · disunity
splinteringsweldings
Joined metals by heat
bondings · healings · consolidations · wholeness · intactness
splinteringsbendings
Acts of curving
warpings · flexings · liquefactions · softenings · deformations
splinteringsmergings
Acts of joining together
joinings · assemblies · congregations · assemblings · aggregations