'Shatter' definitions:
Definition of 'shatter'
(from WordNet)
verb
Break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"
verb
Damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life"
verb
Cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"
Definition of 'Shatter'
From: GCIDE
- Shatter \Shat"ter\, v. i. To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied. [1913 Webster]
- Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shatter'
From: GCIDE
- Shatter \Shat"ter\, n. A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Shatter-brained
Definition of 'Shatter'
From: GCIDE
- Shatter \Shat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shattering.] [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.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered. [1913 Webster]
- A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor. --Norris. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To scatter about. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shatter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitate,
- annihilate,
- atomize,
- blast,
- break,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- burst,
- clack,
- clatter,
- cleave,
- clitter,
- confound,
- confuse,
- crack,
- crash,
- craze,
- crunch,
- crush,
- cut to pieces,
- dash,
- daze,
- decimate,
- deject,
- dement,
- demolish,
- depress,
- derange,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- diffuse,
- disassemble,
- disintegrate,
- dismantle,
- disperse,
- disrupt,
- distract,
- disturb,
- drive insane,
- drive mad,
- fall to pieces,
- fission,
- fracture,
- fragment,
- frenzy,
- grind,
- loot,
- mad,
- madden,
- make mad,
- make mincemeat of,
- mince,
- overcome,
- overwhelm,
- pash,
- perturb,
- pick to pieces,
- pull in pieces,
- pull to pieces,
- pulverize,
- rattle,
- raze,
- reduce to rubble,
- rend,
- rive,
- ruin,
- scatter,
- send mad,
- shake up,
- shard,
- shattery,
- shiver,
- smash,
- smash up,
- smatter,
- snap,
- splinter,
- split,
- squash,
- squish,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- sunder,
- take apart,
- tear apart,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to shreds,
- tear to tatters,
- throw,
- torpedo,
- total,
- trouble,
- unbalance,
- unbuild,
- undermine,
- undo,
- unhinge,
- unmake,
- unnerve,
- unsettle,
- upset,
- wrack,
- wrack up,
- wreck