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Verb: shatter  sha-tu(r)
  1. Break into many pieces
    "The wine glass shattered"
     
  2. Cause to break into many pieces
    "shatter the plate"
     
  3. Damage or destroy
    "The news of her husband's death shattered her life"

Derived forms: shattering, shattered, shatters

Type of: break, burst, bust [informal], damage

Encyclopedia: Shatter