shatter

Definition of Shatter in English :

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Verb

1. shatter

break into many pieces

Example Sentences:
'The wine glass shattered'

2. shatter

damage or destroy

Example Sentences:
'The news of her husband's death shattered her life'

3. shatter

cause to break into many pieces

Example Sentences:
'shatter the plate'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shatter

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verb

1.

to break or be broken into many small pieces

2. (transitive)

to impair or destroy

his nerves were shattered by the torture

3. (transitive)

to dumbfound or thoroughly upset

she was shattered by the news

4. (transitive) informal

to cause to be tired out or exhausted

5. an obsolete word for scatter

noun

6. (usually plural) obsolete or dialect

a fragment

Shatter

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verb transitive

1. Obsolete

to scatter; strew

2.

to break or burst into pieces suddenly, as with a blow

3.

to damage severely; destroy or wreck

to shatter one's health

verb intransitive

4.

to break or burst into pieces; smash

noun

5. [pl.]

broken pieces

: chiefly in in (or into) shatters

Shatter

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v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters

v.tr.

1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. See Synonyms at break.

2.

a. To damage seriously; disable: His health was shattered by the disease.

b. To cause the destruction or ruin of; destroy: The outcome of the conflict shattered our dreams of peace and prosperity.

v.intr.

To break into pieces; smash or burst: The glass shattered when it hit the floor.

n.

1. often shatters A fragment or splinter: a rare piece of porcelain now in shatters.

2. A scattering collection or spray of fragments: "A window broke into a shatter of glass" (Rosemund Pilcher).

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