shat·ter 
(shătər)
(shătər)v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters
v.tr.
1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. See Synonyms at break.
2.
a. To damage seriously; disable: His health was shattered by the disease.
b. To cause the destruction or ruin of; destroy: The outcome of the conflict shattered our dreams of peace and prosperity.
v.intr.
To break into pieces; smash or burst: The glass shattered when it hit the floor.
n.
1. often shatters A fragment or splinter: a rare piece of porcelain now in shatters.
2. A scattering collection or spray of fragments: "A window broke into a shatter of glass" (Rosemund Pilcher).
[Middle English schateren, from Old English *sceaterian, to scatter.]
shatter·ing·ly adv.
- inconsequentially
- inconsequentialness
- inconsequently
- inconsiderable
- inconsiderableness
- inconsiderably
- inconsiderate
- inconsiderately
- inconsiderateness
- inconsideration
- in consideration of
- inconsistence
- inconsistency
- inconsistent
- inconsistently
- inconsolability
- inconsolable
- inconsolableness
- inconsolably
- inconsonance
- inconsonant
- inconsonantly
- inconspicuous
- inconspicuously
- inconspicuousness