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Meaning shatter meaning

What does shatter mean?
Definitions in simple English

shatter Verb

— If something shatters, it suddenly breaks into very small pieces. The wine glass shattered when I dropped it.

shatter

— verb break into many pieces The wine glass shattered — verb cause to break into many pieces shatter the plate — verb damage or destroy The news of her husband's death shattered her life

Synonyms shatter synonyms

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shatter English » English

smash break crush splinter destroy split disrupt crack break to pieces break into pieces fragment demolish break up ruin dash damage wreck sliver burst weaken upset undermine tear down stave in stave sprinkle spray spoil spatter smash into pieces shiver rupture impair fracture dispel disintegrate crumble crack open break off break down breach beat wrack waste wash out violate transgress total thresh terrify

Conjugation shatter conjugation

How do you conjugate shatter?

shatter · verb

Examples shatter examples

How do I use shatter in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I call on the living, lament the dead, shatter the lightning.

Movie subtitles

It doesn't shatter.
And thrice his head thus waving up and down. he raised a sigh so piteous and profound as it did seem to shatter all his bulk and end his being.
Suddenly something seemed to shatter in my breast, and I was seized by a trembling that lasted over an hour.
The slightest touch and we may shatter.
Perhaps he would like that we shatter the glass with every move.
To shatter Philip's ego you have go off with the lowest human you can find. That's Beasley.
This bomb will shatter the casing of the Daleks.
Doesn't the image you have of yourself shatter?
Doesn't it shatter?
He says the vibrations might shatter his eggs.
The fourth will shatter our shields completely.
And if they learn from this young scientist the secret of the Positronic Ray they will be able to shatter the loving union of the universe.
All right, then, shatter me! Let me have it.
A drum break might shatter it.
A scant minority of my kind are planning an uprising. I believe they seek to shatter the existing order and create a new world.
I asked her what right she had to take him away from me, to shatter our existence.
I'm sorry to shatter your illusions. I'm not buying these trousers for a husband.
It breaks my heart, but I have to shatter your illusions.
She thinks I love her and I don't want to shatter her dreams.
That it's strong enough to shatter the spinal column, we know.
A pity to shatter your innocent dreams, Princess Elaine. but the throne of Cornwall is to be mine. and only you can give it to me.
To shatter Philip's ego you have go off with the lowest human you can find.
What do you say? Shall we shatter tradition and really let go?
If you shatter that torch, you will extinguish wisdom that for centuries enlightens Egypt and the world.
The fourth will shatter our shields.
No, you'll probably shatter your RAF instructor by going solo in about 20 minutes.
Yea, he can lay the earth to pieces in one moment. or shatter the whole universe with one stroke of his fiery sword.
We are going to take her if I have to shatter every bone in Captain Kirk's body.
I think the jar's going to shatter.
It would shatter the space-time continuum of all universes.
The Front Command has decided to attack the enemy with such great force so that overwhelm and shatter him to the very foundations.
That lamp - shatter it!
Shatter it.
Lamp - I order you to shatter!
How could you shatter the Great Phallus?
One hundred is enough to shatter your nerves.

News and current affairs

But the unintended consequence of the bailout was to shatter confidence in the government's solvency.
President George W. Bush's desire to shatter the Arab world's frozen societies was meant to pit the forces of modernization against the traditional elements in Arab and Islamic societies.
This suggests that taxpayer assets will no longer back government debt, at which point confidence in the JGB market is likely to shatter.
The religious alliance has now formed governments in two of Pakistan's four provinces, the Frontier and Baluchistan, and openly declares its intent to shatter Pakistan's pro-American policy.
Any sovereign default in Europe would shatter this cornerstone of financial regulation, and thus would have profound consequences.
If so, then Hollywood's cartoon-like caricatures of evil multinational corporations may some day seize mainstream consciousness, leading to political upheavals that shatter today's social contract.

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