splitting

Plural: splittings

Verb

• separate into parts or portions
• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
• go one's own way; move apart
• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
• present participle and gerund of split

Adjective Satellite

• resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

Noun

• An instance where something splits.
• A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
• The cleavage of a covalent bond.

Adj

• Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
• Very rapid.
• Severely painful.

Examples

• I have a splitting headache.
• They moved at a splitting pace.

Synonyms

break, break open, break up, burst, carve up, cleave, dissever, divide, part, rending, ripping, rive, separate, split, split up

Antonyms

unite

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