1. Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
   "heard a splitting roar as the crowd surged forward";
   - rending, ripping
    
2. [informal] (of a headache) very painful
   "I woke up with a splitting headache"

1. Separate into parts or portions
   "split the cake into three equal parts"; "split up the cake into three equal parts";
   - divide, split up, separate, dissever [rare], carve up
    
2. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
   "split the bone";
   - cleave, rive [archaic]
    
3. Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
   "My friend and I split up";
   - separate, part, split up, break, break up
    
4. Go one's own way; move apart
   "The friends split after the party";
   - separate, part
    
5. Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
   "The bubble split";
   - burst, break open

See also: cacophonic, cacophonous

Type of: break, break off, cease, change integrity, come apart, discontinue, fall apart, give up, lay off, move, quit, separate, split up, stop, surcease [archaic], tear

Encyclopedia: Splitting