shatter

Definitions


[ˈʃatə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces
(e.g: bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded)

- upset (someone) greatly
(e.g: everyone was shattered by the news)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘scatter, disperse’): perhaps imitative; compare with scatter




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