mennä säpäleiksi — meaning in English

English meaning

• spall noun A small broken piece or chip, particularly from stone.
• splinter noun A thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece, often wood.

Senses

mennä säpäleiksi is used for these senses in English:

• spall (ambitransitive) To break into fragments or small pieces.
• splinter (intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.

spall — full definition

1. noun A small broken piece or chip, particularly from stone.
2. noun The way a surface breaks up and crumbles over time through weather or wear.

splinter — full definition

1. noun A thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece, often wood.
2. noun A smaller group that has broken away from a larger organization.
3. verb To break, or cause to break, into thin sharp pieces.
4. verb To break apart into smaller factions.

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