What does shatter mean?
Definitions for shatter
ˈʃæt ərshat·ter
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word shatter.
Princeton's WordNet
shatterverb
break into many pieces
"The wine glass shattered"
shatterverb
damage or destroy
"The news of her husband's death shattered her life"
shatterverb
cause to break into many pieces
"shatter the plate"
Wiktionary
shatterverb
to violently break something into pieces.
shatterverb
to destroy or disable something.
shatterverb
to smash, or break into tiny pieces.
shatterverb
to dispirit or emotionally defeat
Etymology: scateren. Cognate with Albanian shkatërroj,shkatrroj.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Shatternoun
One part of many into which any thing is broken at once.
Etymology: from the verb.
Stick the candle so loose, that it will fall upon the glass of the sconce and break it into shatters. Jonathan Swift.
To Shatterverb
Etymology: schetteren, Dutch.
He rais’d a sigh so piteous and profound,
That it did seem to shatter all his bulk,
And rend his being. William Shakespeare.Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sear,
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude,
And with forc’d fingers rude
Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. John Milton.They escape dissolution, because they can scarce every meet with an agent minute, and swiftly enough moved, to shatter or dissociate the combined parts. Boyle.
A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects, into a multitude of little governments. John Locke.
Black from the stroke above, the smouldring pine
Stands as a shatter’d trunk. James Thomson, Summer.A man of a loose, volatile and shattered humour, thinks only by fits and starts. John Norris.
To Shatterverb
To be broken, or to fall, by any force applied, into fragments.
Of bodies, some are fragil; and some are tough and not fragil; and in the breaking, some fragil bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places. Francis Bacon.
ChatGPT
shatter
Shatter is a verb that generally means to break or fracture something into many pieces typically as a result of a forceful impact or blow. It could also mean to destroy or disrupt something completely, leaving it damaged irreparably. Furthermore, it can be used figuratively to refer to the abrupt ending or collapse of a state, condition, or situation. It may also refer to the breaking of a record.
Webster Dictionary
Shatterverb
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
Shatterverb
to disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered
Shatterverb
to scatter about
Shatterverb
to be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied
Shatternoun
a fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters
Etymology: [OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack. Cf. Scatter.]
Wikidata
Shatter
Shatter is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in Morlocks #1, created by Geoff Johns and Shawn Martinbrough.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Shatter
shat′ėr, v.t. to break or dash to pieces: to crack: to disorder: to render unsound.—v.i. to break into fragments.—n. a fragment: impaired state.—adjs. Shatt′er-brained, -pā′ted, disordered in intellect; Shatt′ery, brittle. [Scatter.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shatter in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shatter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of shatter in a Sentence
Vladimir Putin seeks to shatter NATO. Vladimir Putin aims to diminish the appeal of the Western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority.
I got hit right in the eye, i remember seeing the lens of my gas mask shatter and then closing my eye and just blood inside of my mask.
I think we are seeing a great political party shatter before our eyes, but we are witnessing history. Something important is ending. It is hard to believe what replaces it will be better. No one knows where this goes. The top of The Republican Party and the bottom have split.
Dogs have been known to dig under or jump over fences, break tethers or even shatter windows in response to their fireworks fears.
The real danger from advertising is that it helps to shatter and ultimately destroy our most precious non-material possessions the confidence in the existence of meaningful purposes of human activity and respect for the integrity of man.
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- zerbrechenGerman
- astillar, estrellar, quebrantar, hacer añicosSpanish
- pirstoaFinnish
- fracasser, réduire en miettes, éclater, voler en éclatsFrench
- टूटHindi
- sconquassare, ridurre in mille pezzi, fracassare, spaccareItalian
- aan diggelen slaan, verbrijzelenDutch
- knuseNorwegian
- estilhaçarPortuguese
- разбивать, разбиваться, разбить, разбитьсяRussian
- smrskatiSerbo-Croatian
- krasa, krossa, kraschaSwedish
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