shatter

shatter
verb
1 break into very small pieces
ADVERB
completely
PREPOSITION
into

The bottle shattered into little shards of glass.

PHRASES
shatter (sth) into pieces

The mirror shattered into a thousand pieces.

2 destroy sth completely
ADVERB
completely

an event that completely shattered her life

abruptly, instantly, suddenly

The moment was abruptly shattered by the sound of Mia's loud voice.

brutally, rudely
Shatter is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑glass, ↑window, ↑windscreen
Shatter is used with these nouns as the object: ↑belief, ↑bone, ↑calm, ↑confidence, ↑consensus, ↑dream, ↑glass, ↑hope, ↑illusion, ↑myth, ↑pane, ↑peace, ↑preconception, ↑quiet, ↑record, ↑silence, ↑skull, ↑stereotype, ↑taboo, ↑unity, ↑vase, ↑window, ↑windscreen

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  • shatter — [shat′ər] vt. [ME schateren, var. of scateren, to SCATTER] 1. Obs. 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] vi. to break or burst into pieces;… …   English World dictionary

  • Shatter — Shat ter, n. A fragment of anything shattered; used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters. Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • shatter — (v.) early 14c., probably a variant of M.E. scateren (see SCATTER (Cf. scatter)). Cf. O.Du. schetteren Low Ger. schateren. Related: Shattered; shattering …   Etymology dictionary

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