shatter

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verb

1. break into many pieces (Freq. 12)
- The wine glass shattered
• Derivationally related forms:
shattering
• Hypernyms:
burst, bust
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The glass tubes shatter
2. damage or destroy
- The news of her husband's death shattered her life
• Hypernyms:
damage
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. cause to break into many pieces
- shatter the plate
• Derivationally related forms:
shattering
• Hypernyms:
break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They shatter the glass tubes