Shatter Definition
shătər
shattered, shattering, shatters
verb
To scatter; strew.
Webster's New World
To break or burst into pieces suddenly, as with a blow.
Webster's New World
To damage seriously; disable.
His health was shattered by the disease.
American Heritage
To break or burst into pieces; smash.
Webster's New World
To damage severely; destroy or wreck.
The accident shattered her peace of mind.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
Broken pieces.
Webster's New World
A scattering collection or spray of fragments.
American Heritage
Origin of Shatter
From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash"), an assilibated form of Middle English scateren ("to scatter"; see scatter), from Old English *scaterian, scateran. Cognate with Dutch schateren (“to burst out laughing"), Low German schateren, Albanian shkatërroj (“to destroy, devastate").
From Wiktionary
Middle English schateren from Old English sceaterian to scatter
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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