[shat.ter] vb [ME schateren] vt (14c) 1: to cause to drop or be dispersed
2. a: to break at once into pieces b: to damage badly: ruin
3: to cause the disruption or annihilation of: demolish ~ vi 1: to break apart: disintegrate
2: to drop off parts (as leaves, petals, or fruit) "the wheat ~ed in the fields" -- shat.ter.ing.ly adv
[2]shatter n (ca. 1640) 1: fragment, shred--usu. used in pl. "the broken vase lay in ~s"
2: an act of shattering: the state of being shattered
3: a result of shattering: shower