Shattered

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shattered
       adj 1: broken into sharp pieces; "shattered glass"; "your
              eyeglasses are smashed"; "the police came in through
              the splintered door" [syn: {smashed}, {splintered}]
       2: ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and
          prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength";
          "my torn and tattered past" [syn: {tattered}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "shattered":
     aggravated, broken, burned, burst, busted, checked, chipped,
     cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, deteriorated, embittered,
     exacerbated, harmed, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces,
     in shards, injured, irritated, lacerated, mangled, mutilated, rent,
     ruptured, scalded, scorched, slashed, slit, smashed, split, sprung,
     the worse for, torn, weakened, worse, worse off, worsened