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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  {Scatter}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  A  monarchy  was  shattered  to  pieces,  and  divided 
  amongst  revolted  subjects.  --Locke. 
 
  2.  To  disorder;  to  derange;  to  render  unsound;  as  to  be 
  shattered  in  intellect;  his  constitution  was  shattered; 
  his  hopes  were  shattered. 
 
  A  man  of  a  loose,  volatile,  and  shattered  humor. 
  --Norris. 
 
  3.  To  scatter  about  [Obs.] 
 
  Shatter  your  leaves  before  the  mellowing  year. 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shattering 
  adj  :  seemingly  loud  enough  to  break  something  violently  rattling 
  or  clattering;  "shattering  rain  striking  the 
  windowpanes";  "the  shattering  tones  of  the  enormous 
  carillon";  "the  shattering  peal  of  artillery" 
  n  :  the  act  of  breaking  something  into  small  pieces  [syn:  {smashing}] 




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