Associations to the word «Shatter»

Wiktionary

SHATTER, verb. (transitive) to violently break something into pieces.
SHATTER, verb. (transitive) to destroy or disable something.
SHATTER, verb. (intransitive) to smash, or break into tiny pieces.
SHATTER, verb. (transitive) to dispirit or emotionally defeat
SHATTER, verb. (obsolete) To scatter about.
SHATTER, noun. (archaic) A fragment of anything shattered.
SHATTER BOX, noun. Alternative spelling of shatterbox
SHATTER BOXES, noun. Plural of shatter box
SHATTER THE ICE, verb. (usually figurative) To break the ice in a sudden or dramatic fashion.

Dictionary definition

SHATTER, verb. Break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered".
SHATTER, verb. Damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life".
SHATTER, verb. Cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin