B2verb · irregular · transitive · rare

shatter

shat·ter

shatter · shatters · shattered · shattering

розтрощити, трощити, розтрощувати

разбить, разбивать, разбиться, разбиваться

zerschmettern, zersplittern, zum Zerspringen bringen, zerspringen

Of brittle solid materials, to violently break into piecesOf brittle solid materials (like glass or ice), to violently break into pieces.

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UK/ˈʃætə/US/ˈʃætɚ/

» The priceless china shattered into fragments.

Бесценный фарфор разлетелся на куски.

Meaning

6 senses

(ergative)Of brittle solid materials (like glass or ice), to violently break into pieces.
The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks.
a high-pitched voice that could shatter glass
zum Zerspringen bringen, zerschmettern, zersplittern
разбива́тьrazbivátʹ, разби́тьrazbítʹ, разбива́тьсяrazbivátʹsja
розтро́щуватиroztróščuvaty, розтрощи́тиroztroščýty, трощи́тиtroščýty
break into many pieces
(transitive)To destroy, disable.
damage or destroy
(transitive)To dispirit or emotionally defeat.
to be shattered in intellect
to have shattered hopes
(intransitive)Of seeds: to disperse (become dispersed) upon ripening.
(intransitive)To fall sometimes connoting hard, as if to smash something, other times light and dispersed.
(obsolete, transitive)To scatter about.

Examples

132 sentences

The priceless china shattered into fragments.
ruБесценный фарфор разлетелся на куски.
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The vase fell to the floor and shattered.
ruВаза упала на пол и разбилась.
deDie Vase fiel auf den Boden und zerbrach.
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The cup shattered when it hit the floor.
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Tom dropped a cup on the floor and it shattered into a thousand pieces.
ruТом уронил на пол чашку, и она разбилась на тысячу осколков.
deTom ließ eine Tasse auf den Fußboden fallen, und sie zersprang in tausend Stücke.
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The mirror was shattered.
ruЗеркало было разбито.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

(transitive) to smash, to violently break into tiny pieces:

Русский

By meaning 2

(transitive) to smash, to violently break into tiny pieces:

(intransitive) to violently break into pieces:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

(transitive) to smash, to violently break into tiny pieces:

(intransitive) to violently break into pieces:

Origin

From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle English

From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle English scateren ("to scatter"; see scatter), from Old English scaterian, from Proto-Germanic *skat- (“to smash, scatter”), perhaps ultimately imitative.

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