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splinterize

splinterize verb: to splinter; to break into smaller fragments or subgroups.

Verb

splinterize (third-person singular simple present splinterizes, present participle splinterizing, simple past and past participle splinterized)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To splinter; to break into smaller fragments or subgroups.

Forms of splinterize

third-person singular presentsplinterizes
present participlesplinterizing
past participlesplinterized
pastsplinterized

Origin of splinterize

From splinter + -ize.

Questions about splinterize

What does splinterize mean?
Splinterize means to splinter; to break into smaller fragments or subgroups.
What part of speech is splinterize?
Splinterize is a verb.
What is the past tense of splinterize?
The past tense of splinterize is splinterized.

Words near splinterize in the dictionary

  1. splintering up
  2. splinteringly
  3. splinterings
  4. splinterization
  5. splinterizations
  6. splinterize
  7. splinterized
  8. splinterizes
  9. splinterizing
  10. splinterless
  11. splinterlike

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