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split open

verb as in slit

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Example Sentences

He subsequently told the Post that it was clear he had killed bin Laden because his skull was split open.

He joked, as he split open pumpkin seeds with his teeth between puffs on a smoke.

I feel split open, beyond all limits, beyond all definitions of how life is supposed to happen.

In one of them, the police split open his forehead by slamming his head against the metal door of a police truck.

The atmosphere seemed drawn taut before him as though it must any instant split open upon a sound of crying.

The Indian, who was armed with a broad axe, split open Clawsons chin at the first blow.

So great was the stillness, that the blows of the hatchets as the chests were split open were distinctly heard.

I climbed to my feet unsteadily; my head seemed about to split open.

They began to split open the severed bough without loss of time.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to split open, such as: rip, slash, gash, incise, knife, and lance.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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