Definitions of shatter [ˈʃæt ər]

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Definition of 'shatter'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) shatter
to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.

2.  shatter
to damage, as by breaking or crushing.

3.  shatter
to impair or destroy (health, nerves, etc.).

4.  shatter
to weaken or refute (ideas, opinions, etc.).

5. (v.i.) shatter
to be broken into fragments or become weak or insubstantial.

6.  shatter
to fall or scatter, as seeds, leaves, or fruits.

7. (n.) shatter
Usu., shatters. fragments made by shattering.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME schateren, obscurely akin to scatter)

Definition of 'shatter'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) shatter
break into many pieces
"The wine glass shattered"

2. (verb) shatter
damage or destroy
"The news of her husband's death shattered her life"

3. (verb) shatter
cause to break into many pieces
"shatter the plate"

Definition of 'shatter'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) shatter
to break into tiny pieces
The windshield shattered.; I dropped the glass and shattered it.

2. shatter
to completely destroy or end
an accident that shattered his hopes of winning

Definition of 'shatter'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) shatter
a fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters

2. (verb) shatter
to break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning

3. (verb) shatter
to disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered

4. (verb) shatter
to scatter about

5. (verb) shatter
to be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied

Translation of 'shatter'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to break in small pieces, usually suddenly or forcefully The stone shattered the window; The window shattered.
Afrikaans: breek	Arabic: يُكَسِّر، يُهَشِّم	Bulgarian: строшавам (се)
Brazilian: estilhaçar(-se)	Czech: roztříštit (se)	German: in Stücke brechen
Danish: smadre; gå i stykker	Greek: θρυμματίζω, γίνομαι θρύψα	Spanish: romper en pedazos/añicos
Estonian: kildudeks purustama, kild	Farsi: خرد كردن	Finnish: pirstoa
French: (se) fracasser	Hebrew: לְנַפֵּץ	Hindi: टुकडे़-टुकड़े कर देना या
Croatian: razmrskati, skršiti	Hungarian: összetör(ik), betör(ik)	Indonesian: memecahkan, menghancurkan
Icelandic: mölva	Italian: mandare in frantumi; anda	Japanese: こなごなになる
Korean: 산산이 부수다	Lithuanian: sudaužyti, sutrupinti	Latvian: sasist druskās; saplīst d
Malay: menyebabkan sesuatu hancu	Dutch: aan gruzelementen slaan/v	Norwegian: smadre, knuse, splintre
Polish: rozbić się	Persian: خرد كردن	Pashto: ټوك ټوك كول: تس نس كول، د
Portuguese: estilhaçar(-se)	Romanian: a (se) sparge, a faceţănd	Russian: разбивать(ся) вдребезги
Slovak: rozbiť (sa)	Slovenian: zdrobiti (se)	Serbian: slomiti
Swedish: splittra, slå sönder, kro	Thai: แตกละเอียด	Turkish: paramparça etmek
Taiwanese: 粉碎	Ukrainian: розбивати(ся) вщент	Urdu: ٹکڑے ٹکڑے ہونا یا کرنا، ب
Vietnamese: vỡ tan	Chinese: 粉碎
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