Shatter definition
To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow.
verb
To break or burst into pieces suddenly, as with a blow.
verb
To break or burst into pieces; smash.
verb
A fragment or splinter.
A rare piece of porcelain now in shatters.
noun
(obs.) To scatter; strew.
verb
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A scattering collection or spray of fragments.
noun
Shatter is defined as to smash or break into many pieces.
An example of shatter is to break a window by throwing a baseball into the top of the window.
verb
Shatter means broken pieces.
An example of shatter is an area of broken pieces of glass.
noun
To damage seriously; disable.
His health was shattered by the disease.
verb
To cause the destruction or ruin of; destroy.
The outcome of the conflict shattered our dreams of peace and prosperity.
verb
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To break into pieces; smash or burst.
The glass shattered when it hit the floor.
verb
To damage severely; destroy or wreck.
The accident shattered her peace of mind.
verb
Broken pieces.
noun
To be shattered in intellect; to have shattered hopes, or a shattered constitution.
verb
Origin of shatter
- Middle English schateren from Old English sceaterian to scatter
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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").
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