verb
1 break into very small pieces
ADVERB
▪ completely
PREPOSITION
▪ into
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The bottle ~ed into little shards of glass.
PHRASES
▪ ~ (sth) into pieces
▪
The mirror ~ed into a thousand pieces.
2 destroy sth completely
ADVERB
▪ completely
▪
an event that completely ~ed her life
▪ abruptly , instantly , suddenly
▪
The moment was abruptly ~ed by the sound of Mia's loud voice.
▪ brutally , rudely
Shatter is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ glass , ↑ window , ↑ windscreen
Shatter is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ belief , ↑ bone , ↑ calm , ↑ confidence , ↑ consensus , ↑ dream , ↑ glass , ↑ hope , ↑ illusion , ↑ myth , ↑ pane , ↑ peace , ↑ preconception , ↑ quiet , ↑ record , ↑ silence , ↑ skull , ↑ stereotype , ↑ taboo , ↑ unity , ↑ vase , ↑ window , ↑ windscreen