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shattering
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Shattering
(gcide) | 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.
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A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided
amongst revolted subjects. --Locke.
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2. To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be
shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered;
his hopes were shattered.
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A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor.
--Norris.
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3. To scatter about. [Obs.]
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Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
--Milton.
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shattering
(wn) | shattering
adj 1: 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 1: the act of breaking something into small pieces [syn:
smashing, shattering] |
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shatteringly
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world-shattering
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Shattering
(gcide) | 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.
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A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided
amongst revolted subjects. --Locke.
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2. To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be
shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered;
his hopes were shattered.
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A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor.
--Norris.
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3. To scatter about. [Obs.]
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Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
--Milton.
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world-shattering
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adj 1: sufficiently significant to affect the whole world;
"earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-
shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be
called world-shattering" [syn: earthshaking, {world-
shaking}, world-shattering] |
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