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   shatter

   /ˈʃatə/

   verb

   • 1. break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces: "bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded" Similar smashsmash to smithereensbreakbreak into piecesburstblow outexplodeimplodesplintercrackfracturefragmentdisintegrateinformal:bustrare:shiver
   • ▪ damage or destroy (something abstract): "the crisis will shatter their confidence" Similar destroywreckruindashcrushdevastatedemolishwreak havoc withblastblightwipe outoverturntorpedoscotchburst someone's bubbleinformal:put the kibosh onbanjaxdo forblow a hole innixput paid toqueerscupperdisharchaic:bring to naught
   • 2. upset (someone) greatly: "everyone was shattered by the news" Similar devastateshockstundazedumbfoundtraumatizecrushoverwhelmgreatly upsetdistressinformal:knock for sixknock sidewaysknock the stuffing out ofOpposite pleaseexcite

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. shatterable adjective
   • 2. shatterer noun

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