- to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- to damage, as by breaking or crushing: ships shattered by storms.
- to impair or destroy (health, nerves, etc.): The incident shattered his composure.
- to weaken, destroy, or refute (ideas, opinions, etc.): He wanted to shatter her illusions.
- to be broken into fragments or become weak or insubstantial.
- fragments made by shattering.
- to break or be broken into many small pieces
- to impair or destroy
- to dumbfound or thoroughly upset
- to cause to be tired out or exhausted
- an obsolete word for scatter
- a fragment
