shatter
Of brittle solid materials, to violently break into piecesOf brittle solid materials (like glass or ice), to violently break into pieces.
» The priceless china shattered into fragments.
Бесценный фарфор разлетелся на куски. — Balamax
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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 sentencesThe priceless china shattered into fragments.
ruБесценный фарфор разлетелся на куски. — Balamax
The vase fell to the floor and shattered.
ruВаза упала на пол и разбилась. — Hellerick
deDie Vase fiel auf den Boden und zerbrach. — MikeMolto
The cup shattered when it hit the floor.
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. — odexed
deTom ließ eine Tasse auf den Fußboden fallen, und sie zersprang in tausend Stücke. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The mirror was shattered.
ruЗеркало было разбито. — fjay69
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle EnglishFrom 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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Forms
shatters, shattering, shattered, shattered| Base form | shatter · to shatter |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | shatters |
| Present participle | shattering |
| Past simple | shattered |
| Past participle | shattered |
irregular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle