Splinter - as verb or noun (8)

I believe the answer is:

fragment

(Other definitions for fragment that I've seen before include "Broken-off piece" , "Piece broken off something else" , "Incomplete part" , "Particle" , "Come to pieces" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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