- shatter
- shatter ► VERB 1) break suddenly and violently into pieces. 2) damage or destroy. 3) upset greatly. 4) (shattered) informal completely exhausted.DERIVATIVES shatterer noun.ORIGIN perhaps imitative.
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Shatter — EP de Triptykon Publicación 25 de octubre de 2010 Grabación 2010 Género(s) Avant garde metal Black metal Doom metal … Wikipedia Español
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shatter — [v1] break into small pieces blast, blight, burst, crack, crash, crunch, crush, dash, demolish, destroy, disable, exhaust, explode, fracture, fragment, fragmentalize, fragmentize, impair, implode, overturn, pulverize, rend, rive, ruin, scrunch,… … New thesaurus
shatter — [shat′ər] vt. [ME schateren, var. of scateren, to SCATTER] 1. Obs. to scatter; strew 2. to break or burst into pieces suddenly, as with a blow 3. to damage severely; destroy or wreck [to shatter one s health] vi. to break or burst into pieces;… … English World dictionary
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shatter — index break (fracture), discompose, disintegrate, extinguish, extirpate, force (break), overcome … Law dictionary
shatter — (v.) early 14c., probably a variant of M.E. scateren (see SCATTER (Cf. scatter)). Cf. O.Du. schetteren Low Ger. schateren. Related: Shattered; shattering … Etymology dictionary
shatter — vb shiver, *break, crack, burst, bust, snap Analogous words: demolish, *destroy: *ruin, wreck: rend, split, rive (see TEAR) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Shatter — Infobox Film name = Shatter caption = writer = Don Houghton starring = Stuart Whitman Lung Ti Lily Li Peter Cushing Anton Diffring director = Michael Carreras Monte Hellman producer = distributor = Starz, Anchor Bay released = 1974 (UK), 1 July… … Wikipedia
