Unscramble splitting

Definition of splitting

adjective:

• resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound", "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward". Synonyms: rending, ripping.

verb:

• separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts", "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I". Synonyms: carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up. Antonyms: unite.
• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone". Synonyms: cleave, rive, split.
• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question", "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage", "My friend and I split up". Synonyms: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up.
• go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party". Synonyms: part, separate, split.
• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst". Synonyms: break open, burst, split.

Related words

blow, break, canton, diffract, disassociate, disjoint, disperse, dissipate, dissociate, disunify, disunite, divorce, format, initialise, initialize, laminate, lot, maul, paragraph, parcel, pop, scatter, secede, sectionalise, sectionalize, sliver, splinter, stave, subdivide, triangulate, unitise, unitize.

Words nearby

spitting.

Rhymes with

befitting, fitting, getting, hitting, knitting, pitting, shitting, sitting, spitting, transmitting, unremitting, unremitting, unwitting, witting.