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splitting
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
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
Other Word Forms
- t·tԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of splitting1
Example Sentences
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.
Scunthorpe's furnaces produce molten iron by splitting rocks containing iron ore in a chemical reaction that requires intense heat.
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.
That requires the writers to sort a massive storyscape, including parallel narratives splitting off from the spine.
In comparison, the most environmentally friendly fuels like e-kerosene and ammonia are created from initially splitting water atoms to obtain hydrogen, which is a very energy-intensive and costly process.
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