- (v.t.) To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered.
- (v.t.) To scatter about.
- (n.) A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.
- (v.i.) To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.
- (v.t.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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