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splitting

[ split-ing ]

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adjective

being split or causing something to split.
violent or severe, as a headache.
very fast or rapid.

noun

Usually splittings. a part or fragment that has been split off from something:
Some cavemen made their smaller tools from the splittings of stone.

splitting

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adjective

(of a headache) intolerably painful; acute
(of the head) assailed by an overpowering unbearable pain

noun

psychoanal the Freudian defence mechanism in which an object or idea (or, alternatively, the ego) is separated into two or more parts in order to remove its threatening meaning

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Other Word Forms

��t��·��t��Բ� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of splitting¹

First recorded in 1585–95; split + -ing ², -ing ¹

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The splitting of the vote among so many groups also seems likely to leave more councils without any a clear majority.

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He was splitting his time pretending to grieve her, being secretly committed to me and dating anyone who worked it in a dress and heels.

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Scunthorpe's furnaces produce molten iron by splitting rocks containing iron ore in a chemical reaction that requires intense heat.

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He kept five players next to his goalkeeper and stuck five players on the halfway line, emptying central midfield and splitting a confused opposition in two.

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That requires the writers to sort a massive storyscape, including parallel narratives splitting off from the spine.

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