What is the meaning of splitting?

verb

• Separate into parts or portions.
  • usage: "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
  • synonyms: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
• Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
  • usage: "cleave the bone"
  • synonyms: cleave, split, rive
• Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
  • usage: "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
  • synonyms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
• Go one's own way; move apart.
  • usage: "The friends separated after the party"
  • synonyms: separate, part, split
• Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.
  • usage: "The bubble burst"
  • synonyms: burst, split, break open

adjective

• Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree.
  • usage: "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"
  • synonyms: rending, ripping