(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something ~s or is ~ed, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
...safety glass that won’t ~ if it’s broken...
The car ~ed into a thousand burning pieces in a 200mph crash...
One bullet ~ed his skull.
VERB: V, V into n, V n
~ing
...the ~ing of glass.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If something ~s your dreams, hopes, or beliefs, it completely destroys them.
A failure would ~ the hopes of many people...
Something like that really ~s your confidence.
VERB: V n, V n
3.
If someone is ~ed by an event, it shocks and upsets them very much.
He had been ~ed by his son’s death.
...the tragedy which had ~ed his life.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
4.
see also ~ed , ~ing