SHATTER


Meaning of SHATTER in English

■ verb

1》 break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.

↘damage or destroy.

2》 upset greatly.

3》 [as adjective ~ed ] Brit. informal exhausted.

Derivatives

~er noun

~ing adjective

~ingly adverb

~proof adjective

Origin

ME: perh. imitative; cf. scatter .

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