v. 25B6; verb
the glasses shattered : SMASH, break, splinter, crack, fracture, fragment, disintegrate, shiver; informal bust.
the announcement shattered their hopes : DESTROY, wreck, ruin, dash, crush, devastate, demolish, torpedo, scotch; informal put the kibosh on, banjax, do for, put paid to; Brit. informal scupper.
we were shattered by the news : DEVASTATE, shock, stun, daze, traumatize, crush, distress; informal knock sideways; Brit. informal knock for six.