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shattershatter /ˈʃæt̮ɚ/ ●●○ verb ETYMOLOGYshatterOrigin: 1300-1400 Probably from an unrecorded Old English sceaterian VERB TABLEshatter |
Present | I, you, we, they | shatter | | he, she, it | shatters | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | shattered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have shattered | | he, she, it | has shattered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had shattered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will shatter | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have shattered |
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Present | I | am shattering | | he, she, it | is shattering | | you, we, they | are shattering | Past | I, he, she, it | was shattering | | you, we, they | were shattering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been shattering | | he, she, it | has been shattering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been shattering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be shattering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been shattering |
THESAURUSinto pieces► break if something breaks or you break it, it separates into two or more pieces, for example because it has been hit, dropped, or bent: Somebody broke the window and the car alarm went off. Careful, those glasses break easily. ► smash used when a plate, glass, etc. breaks or is broken with a lot of force: Angry crowds smashed windows downtown. The plate smashed when it hit the floor. ► shatter used when a plate, glass, etc. breaks into a lot of small pieces: The bomb blast shattered the windows of cars and buildings. The mirror fell and shattered. ► crack used when something begins to break in a way that makes a line on the surface: The glass was cracked, and water was leaking out. ► split used when something breaks along a straight line: She swung the axe and split the log right down the middle. ► tear used when paper or cloth separates into pieces: Tear the cloth into three long strips. My jeans tore when I climbed over the fence. ► snap used about something hard and thin that breaks into two pieces, making a loud noise: A stick snapped under her feet. ► burst used when a pipe with liquid inside it breaks: One of the pipes in the basement had burst. ► rupture used when a container, wall, pipe, etc. breaks so that what it is holding comes out: The airplane’s fuel tank ruptured when it crashed. ► pop used when a bubble or balloon breaks: A single balloon floated up into a tree and popped. ► fracture used when a bone in your body cracks or breaks: She fractured her leg in a skiing accident. 1 [intransitive, transitive] to break suddenly into very small pieces, or to make something break in this way: The force of the crash shattered the windshield. The storm was so bad that windows shattered.shatter into The plane shattered into pieces upon impact.► see thesaurus at break12[transitive] to completely destroy someone’s hopes or beliefs: Their lives were completely shattered by the accident.3shatter a record to do better in a race or competition than anyone else has: She shattered the world record by more than five seconds. |