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- pronunciation:
- shae
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
shatters, shattering, shattered |
| definition 1: |
When something shatters, it breaks into many small pieces.
The glass vase shattered when it fell on the floor.I dropped my mirror and it shattered.
- synonyms:
- break
- similar words:
- smash, splinter
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| definition 2: |
When something shatters another thing, it breaks it into many small pieces.
The baseball shattered the car's windshield.- synonyms:
- break, smash
- similar words:
- dash, splinter
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| definition 3: |
Sometimes "shatter" means to ruin something completely.
Bad weather shattered their plans to go sailing.- synonyms:
- destroy, ruin, wreck
- similar words:
- break, damage, dash, injure, smash
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| related words: |
crash, crush, destroy, snap, wreck |
| derivations: |
shatteringly (adv.), shatterer (n.) |
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