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Synonyms for sliver
ˈslɪv ərsliv·er

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  1. sliververb

    To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

    Synonyms:
    slice, splinter, shard

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  1. splinter, slivernoun

    a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal

    "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"

    Synonyms:
    shaving, paring, splinter

  2. paring, sliver, shavingverb

    a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

    Synonyms:
    shave, shaving, paring, grazing, splinter, skimming

  3. sliver, splinterverb

    divide into slivers or splinters

    Synonyms:
    secede, splinter, break away

  4. splinter, sliververb

    break up into splinters or slivers

    "The wood splintered"

    Synonyms:
    secede, splinter, break away

  5. sliververb

    form into slivers

    "sliver wood"

    Synonyms:
    splinter

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  1. slivernoun

    Synonyms:
    splinter

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  1. List of paraphrases for "sliver":

    shard, glow

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How to use sliver in a sentence?

  1. Jeff Sessions:

    When we talk about MS-13 and the cartels, what do we mean? We mean international criminal organizations that turn cities and suburbs into warzones, that rape and kill innocent civilians, and who profit by smuggling poison and other human beings across our borders, … It is here on this very sliver of land—on this border—that we take our stand. It is a direct threat to our legal system, peace and prosperity.

  2. Dan Hoffman:

    The way you run information operations is, you tell a sliver of truth and lie about the rest, vladimir Putin knows how to do this. He is an ex-KGB agent.

  3. Natalie Wood:

    We gave Evan the last rites and then we turned off her life support, she was declared brain dead…The hospital kept giving me a sliver of hope. I knew it was wrong, but I wanted it to be true. So I hung on for a week. It’s rough. I feel like I’ve been very, very beaten. I hurt from head to toe with the pain of losing my daughter.

  4. Amanda Starbuck:

    It’s also kind of a little bit demeaning to blame residential use for these crises, it’s just a small sliver of the overall consumption. It’s a much bigger problem, and we really need to start bringing in these big industries that are guzzling water during this time of drought.

  5. Michael Baron:

    That's a tiny sliver of their potential.


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