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splitting

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split·ting  (spltng)
adj.
Very severe: a splitting headache.

splitting [ˈsplɪtɪŋ]
adj
1. (Medicine / Pathology) (of a headache) intolerably painful; acute
2. (Medicine / Pathology) (of the head) assailed by an overpowering unbearable pain
n
(Psychoanalysis) 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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.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"
cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten
Translations
splitting [ˈsplɪtɪŋ]
A. ADJ [headache] → terrible
B. N splitting of the atomdesintegración f del átomo
splitting [ˈsplɪtɪŋ] adj
a splitting headache → un mal de tête atroce
splitting
nZerteilung f; (of wood)Spalten nt; the splitting of the atomdie Kernspaltung
adj headacherasend, heftig; there was a splitting sound (of wood)es klang, als ob etwas zerbräche; (of cloth)es klang, als ob etwas zerrisse
splitting [ˈsplɪtɪŋ] adj a splitting headacheun terribile mal di testa
splitting [ˈsplɪtɪŋ] adj a splitting headacheun terribile mal di testa


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There was a crash all around of splitting glass, a further shock.
Then, with a whistling note that rose above the droning of the pit, the beam swung close over their heads, lighting the tops of the beech trees that line the road, and splitting the bricks, smashing the windows, firing the window frames, and bring- ing down in crumbling ruin a portion of the gable of the house nearest the corner.
Not contented with tearing off all the wainscot and hangings, and splitting the doors to pieces, they beat down the partition walls; and although that alone cost them near two hours, they cut down the cupola or lanthorn, and they began to take the slate and boards from the roof, and were prevented only by the approaching daylight from a total demolition of the building.
 
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