splinter
/ˈsplɪntə/
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American sound/ˈsplɪntə/
splinter
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splin - ter -> splinter
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ပဲ့ထွက်သော (ချွန်မြသည့်) အစ။
remove a splinter from one's finger ❍ splinters of ice. ❍ PIECE
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၁။ ~ (sth) (into/to sth) အပိုင်းပိုင်းအစစ ကွဲသည်။ (ရှေး) ခြခြကွဲသည်။ The mirror cracked but did not splinter. ❍ The waves smashed the boat against the rocks, splintering it to pieces.
၂။ ~ (off) ပဲ့ထွက်သည်။ ဂိုဏ်းခွဲ ထွက်သည်။ extremists who splintered off from the army of liberation.
❏ splinter group n (အထူးသဖြင့်နိုင်ငံရေးတွင်) သင်းကွဲဂိုဏ်း။
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fragment, chip, particle, piece, sliver, bit, break to smithereens, break up, breakaway, burst, cliquish, come apart, crack, disintegrate, factional, fall apart, flake, fracture, needle, non-conformist, paring, pash, rive, sectarian, shard, shatter, shaving, shiver, small pieces, small town, smash, split, wood
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