Splinter
Splinter verb - To cut into long slender pieces.
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Synonyms for Splinter
To split and splinter are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To split" with "Splinter", this terms are similar.
To split
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In Pact, Blake Thorburn kills his enemy Laird Behaim this way, by forcing a wooden splinter into his throat, small enough that it almost disappears from sight when the end breaks off and the only sign that something's wrong is when Laird collapses and starts to split blood.
Source: Impromptu Tracheotomy
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