shattermentn.
/ˈʃatəmənt/ rare.
The act of shattering, the result of being shattered.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering
shiveringc1400
truncheoning1477
upbreaking1493
confraction?1541
refraction1578
splinting1598
diffraction1654
hatchet work1697
shattering1748
exploding1791
smash1808
explosion1811
splintering1815
blasting1824
shatterment1841
scatteration1880
smashing1886
1841 T. Carlyle Let. 10 Apr. in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) I. vi. 256 It is above all a new kind of shatterment that I suffer.
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