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Shatter v. t. (past & past part. shattered; pres. part. shattering)

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. "A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects."

To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered. "A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor."

To scatter about. (Obs.) "Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year."

Shatter v. i. To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied. "Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places."

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Etymology of 'Shattering'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shattering" Quotes from Famous Books

... two must have fallen and burst close by, the noise had been so ear-shattering. Up from the street below our windows came a clamour of voices, shrill and sharp, which cut through the constant whirr of the giant motor. Near the head of the bed was an open window, and mechanically, ...

— Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

... Carter, the lengthy pitcher of the Cleve. The curious thing was that on this point Stover himself was quite undecided. Was he a coward, or was he not? Would his legs go back on him, or would he stand his ground, knowing that the stinging ball might strike anywhere—on the tender wrist bones, shattering the point of the elbow, or landing with a deadly thud right over his temple, which he remembered ...

— The Varmint • Owen Johnson

... The revolution is accompanied by much noise and violence. Perhaps this is inevitable. I do not know. There is, what must seem to many of us who stand outside the fight, a terrible wastage, a straining and a shattering of the forces of life and love. To earn salvation quickly and riotously may not, indeed, be the surest way. It may be only a further development of the sin of woman, ...

— The Truth About Woman • C. Gasquoine Hartley

... try, Miss Noble?" she asked pleasantly, by way of shattering the frigid silence that had settled down ...

— Jane Allen: Right Guard • Edith Bancroft

... by that Spirit Whom the white man worships, and Who also works through nature, as you learned, Hokosa, when He rolled the lightning back upon your head, shattering your god ...

— The Wizard • H. Rider Haggard

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