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Definitions for shattering
shat·ter·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
smashing, shatteringadjective
the act of breaking something into small pieces
shatteringadjective
seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering
"shattering rain striking the windowpanes"; "the shattering tones of the enormous carillon"; "the shattering peal of artillery"
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shattering
Shattering generally means breaking or dividing into multiple fragments, often violently or suddenly. It can be used literally to describe the physical breaking of a solid object, and figuratively to describe the disruption or destruction of abstract concepts, such as dreams, plans, or emotional states.
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Shattering
of Shatter
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straighten
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shattering in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shattering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of shattering in a Sentence
This, in turn, could expand the conflict beyond Yemen's borders, potentially shattering regional stability.
La Nina was certainly a significant enhancing factor in last year's hurricane season, we had five major hurricane formations after 30 September. The most major hurricane formations in October-November in any season prior to 2020 was two. Talk about shattering a record !
I think it’s promising, but do I think that at the moment is it going to be an earth-shattering change in practice management? No, i think that in treating kidney cancer as a whole, no, but in treating a certain subset of patients, it can make a big difference.
They don't have titles. Before people saw the movie, there were these weird press releases focusing on the unreleased music. And it's like: It's a movie. We're not going to stop it and play a song for four minutes, but nobody in Kurt's life — not his management, wife, bandmates — had ever heard his Beatles thing [a snippet of 'And I Love Her']. I found it on a random tape. It's a Paul [McCartney] song. How's that for shattering the myth?
It is critical that Congress not pass a lame-duck spending package that prevents a new Republican majority with hopefully a paradigm-shattering speaker from passing this budget early next year.
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