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Shatter v. t. (past & past part. shattered; pres. part. shattering)

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."

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."

To scatter about. (Obs.) "Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year."

Shatter v. i. To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied. "Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places."

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Etymology of 'Shattered'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shattered" Quotes from Famous Books

... descendant of Heber,[22] Lofty thy head as the shrines of the Guebre,[23] Like them are the halls of thy forefathers shattered, Like theirs is the wealth of thy palaces scattered. Their fire is extinguished—thy banner long furled— But how proud were ye both in the dawn of the world! And should both fade away, oh! what heart would not sorrow O'er the towers of the ...

— Poems • Denis Florence MacCarthy

... the Sanctus bell shrilled for the first time. Hoofs shattered scandalously on the flags, and Galors, with an armed man on either hand of him, rode into the nave. The choir rose in a body, the nave huddled; Isoult, as she believed, saw Prosper, spear, crest, and shield. Her heart gave a great leap, then stood still. Perhaps there ...

— The Forest Lovers • Maurice Hewlett

... began to appear. The author was himself an outlaw, and could not intervene. The ode which had lifted him into popularity had at the same time driven him into exile, and he was then living with a little group of young Scotch refugees at Rouen, and completely shattered in bodily health by his three months' hiding among the Grampians. Under those circumstances his friends thought it advisable to forestall the pirated and imperfect collections of his poems which were in contemplation by publishing as complete ...

— Life of Adam Smith • John Rae

... secret of his master, who had died without revealing it. Then the red revolution came; and when the pretty pavilion at Louveciennes was sacked, and its costly furniture hurled down the cliff to the Seine, the king's desk, shattered almost beyond repair, was carried to the Gobelins' factory and presented to Mme. Oeben in recognition of her husband's workmanship. Then the secret compartment was found to have been disclosed, and Riesener was absolved by a letter therein, from the maitre, who intimated he was about to end it ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... sword. Nor was he soon killed, as being covered with his helmet and his breastplate in all those parts of his body where he might be mortally wounded; he also pulled his neck close to his body, till all his other limbs were shattered, and nobody durst come to defend him, and then he yielded to his fate. Now Caesar was deeply affected on account of this man of so great fortitude, and especially as he was killed in the sight of so many people; he ...

— The Wars of the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem • Flavius Josephus

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