splitting

About 4.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An instance where something splits.
2. noun A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
3. noun The cleavage of a covalent bond.
4. adjective Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
5. adjective Very rapid.

   They moved at a splitting pace.

6. adjective Severely painful.

   I have a splitting headache.

7. verb present participle and gerund of split

Similar words

ripping rending cacophonous cacophonic scission fragmentation cleavage dismemberment splinter breakage

Often followed by

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