What is another word for splintered?

Pronunciation: [splˈɪntəd] (IPA)

The word "splintered" refers to the breaking of a hard object into small pieces. It can also mean to diverge or divide into smaller groups. There are many synonyms for this word that can be used in different contexts. Some of the alternatives for "splintered" include shattered, fragmented, broken, cracked, severed, separated, and divided. These words can be used to describe the state of objects or groups that have split into smaller pieces or groups. "Splintered" can also be replaced with terms like fractured, disjointed, splintered, or disintegrated, depending on the specific context. These synonyms can help writers efficiently and effectively communicate their thoughts and ideas.

What are the hypernyms for Splintered?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Splintered

I doubt if any one here in Leauvite ever heard of it, but it's the irony of fate that he was more badly scarred by it than I. He was struck by a spent bullet that tore the flesh only, while the one that hit me went cleanly to the bone, and splintered it.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
The ground beyond Third Street was torn up by exploding shells-huge logs and trees were splintered by solid shot-and seemingly every space covered by showers of grape and canister, but still Leschi's warriors held their lines.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
Down on the shore, not many miles away, is a great pile of splintered rocks jutting out into the sea, to be reached by a narrow neck.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton

Famous quotes with Splintered

  • Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.
    Alvar Aalto
  • Each day I live in a glass room unless I break it with the thrusting of my senses and pass through the splintered walls to the great landscape.
    Mervyn Peake
  • Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.
    August Wilson
  • My teacher, Ales Adamovich, whose name I mention today with gratitude, felt that writing prose about the nightmares of the 20th century was sacrilege. Nothing may be invented. You must give the truth as it is. A "super-literature" is required. The witness must speak. Nietzsche's words come to mind – no artist can live up to reality. He can't lift it. It always troubled me that the truth doesn't fit into one heart, into one mind, that truth is somehow splintered. There's a lot of it, it is varied, and it is strewn about the world.
    Svetlana Alexievich
  • Each day I live in a glass room Unless I break it with the thrusting Of my senses and pass through The splintered walls to the great landscape.
    Mervyn Peake

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