'Shattering' definitions:
Definition of 'shattering'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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"
noun
The act of breaking something into small pieces [syn: smashing, shattering]
Definition of 'Shattering'
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]