flinders
/ˈflɪndəz
/plural noun
Small fragments or splinters: the panel has been smashed to flinders...
- That whiny and disloyal Max the Dog is crushed along with the goods as they tumble down the slope and smash to flinders.
- Two shots in quick succession tore the wood into flinders that she kicked away.
- Will one of these rogues try to chop me to flinders with his mighty halberd?
Origin
Late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flindra 'chip, splinter'.