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shattered Definition


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shatter
verb shattered, shattering
    tr & intr
    1. To break into tiny fragments, usually suddenly or with force.
      Thesaurus: break, splinter, smash, crack, burst, split.
    2. To destroy completely; to wreck.
      Thesaurus: break, smash, damage, ruin.
    3. To upset greatly.
      Thesaurus: stun, devastate, overwhelm, paralyse, destroy, crush.
    4. colloq
      To tire out or exhaust.
Derivative: shattered
    Exhausted.
    Extremely upset.
Derivative: shattering
adj
    Etymology: 14c: see scatter.



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