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Noun
S:
(n)
chip
,
chipping
,
splintering
(the act of chipping something)
Verb
S:
(v)
secede
,
splinter
,
break away
(withdraw from an organization or communion)
"After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
S:
(v)
sliver
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splinter
(divide into slivers or splinters)
S:
(v)
splinter
,
sliver
(break up into splinters or slivers)
"The wood splintered"