SHATTER

vt to scatter about.

2. shatter ·vi to be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.

3. shatter ·noun a fragment of anything shattered;

— used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.

4. shatter ·vt to disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered.

5. shatter ·vt to break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.