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Answer for the clue "Reducing to splinters ", 9 letters:
slivering

Word definitions for slivering in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of sliver English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
sliver \sliv"er\ (sl[i^]v"[~e]r or sl[imac]"v[~e]r; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. slivered (sl[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. slivering .] [See Slive , v. t.] To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; ...

Usage examples of slivering.

Others moved around in the darkness, mewing sounds and the slivering of bodies occasionally breaking the silence of the black, underground chamber.

Then Whittaker was slivering in the mud next to him, something held in his uninjured hand.

The sun shone down at just the right angle that it streamed in over the tops of the trees like a divine spotlight, slivering down and squirming with the mist that rose up through it.