Word
Shatter
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
shat-ter
Definition
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be
shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were
shattered.
- v. t. - To scatter about.
- v. i. - To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to
pieces by any force applied.
- n. - A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley
in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.
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