"splitting" in the verb sense
1. divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
separate into parts or portions
"divide the cake into three equal parts"
"The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
2. cleave, split, rive
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
"cleave the bone"
3. separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
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"
4. separate, part, split
go one's own way move apart
"The friends separated after the party"
5. burst, split, break open
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
"The bubble burst"
"splitting" in the adjective sense
1. rending, ripping, splitting
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"
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