shatter
IPA: ʃˈætɝ
noun
- (countable, archaic) A fragment of anything shattered.
- A (pine) needle.
- (uncountable, slang) A form of concentrated cannabis.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
- (transitive) To destroy or disable something.
- (intransitive) To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- (transitive) To dispirit or emotionally defeat.
- (intransitive, agriculture) Of seeds: to be dispersed upon ripening.
- (obsolete) To scatter about.
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Examples of "shatter" in Sentences
- The over-run attempt was an attempt at a "shatter".
- But I have heard a certain word shatter the chant divine,
- “Yeah,” he said, and listened to the word shatter like glass.
- Today, we have films like “Ringu” (or, for the almost-as-good Americanized version, “The Ring”) that once again shatter the rules of what we know.
- NBC's revenue target for the 2008 Games was north of $1 billion, and sales are on pace to "shatter" records from past Olympics, crows Seth Winter, senior vice president, NBC Sports & Olympics.
- "We need also to see all the signatures that are consistent with a high velocity impact, like glasses from melting and, of course, debris; and what are called shatter cones (shocked rocks)," he told BBC News.
- I am sorry, very very sorry, at what you are dealing with, but gloriously pleased that you are around and giving life a good punch whenever you can, and I hold you in my thoughts when you "shatter" which I now see is often in between boxing bouts ?
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