splitting

Definitions

1. 1

   An instance where something splits.

2. 2

   A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.

   • In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting’.
3. 3

   The cleavage of a covalent bond.

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   1. 4

      Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.

   2. 5

      Very rapid.

      • They moved at a splitting pace.
   3. 6

      Severely painful.

      • I have a splitting headache.
   4. 7

      present participle and gerund of split

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