[{"word":"splintering","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To come apart into long sharp fragments.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The tall tree splintered during the storm."},{"definition":"To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His third kick splintered the door."},{"definition":"(of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree."},{"definition":"To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The process or result of something being splintered.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/splinter","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/splintering"]}]