shatter

Shatter is defined as to smash or break into many pieces.

(verb)

An example of shatter is to break a window by throwing a baseball into the top of the window.

Shatter means broken pieces.

(noun)

An example of shatter is an area of broken pieces of glass.

See shatter in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: ME schateren, var. of scateren, to scatter

intransitive verb

to break or burst into pieces; smash

noun

broken pieces: chiefly in

See shatter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters

verb, transitive

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

verb, intransitive

To break into pieces; smash or burst. See Synonyms at break.

noun

a. The act of shattering.
b. The condition of being shattered.
A splintered or fragmented condition. Often used in the plural: a rare piece of porcelain now in shatters.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English schateren

Origin: , from Old English *sceaterian, to scatter

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