spliting

a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded"

a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"

an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"

division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"

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"

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"

having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"