Splinters
Both words in one sentence
- During the filming of Maximum Overdrive, the director of photography lost his eye from splinters when a remote-controlled lawnmower accidentally struck a piece of wood.
Source: Eye Scream / Real Life -
Once he's removed some food and water bottles, the Luggage very slowly closes its lid anyway, grinding the wood to splinters, just to show it's able to subvert this trope any time it likes.
Source: Palate Propping -
If the chair is made of wood, it also immediately splinters into countless pieces to show how devastating the blow is.
Source: Chairman of the Brawl
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Wood and Splinters. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/splinters/wood
Splinters & Wood. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/splinters/wood>.
Wood or Splinters. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/splinters/wood.
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