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shatter
What does shatter mean?
shatter (verb): of brittle solid materials (like glass or ice), to violently break into pieces.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use shatter in a sentence?
- The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- The old oak tree has been shattered by lightning. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce shatter?
/ˈʃætɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does shatter come from?
From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle English scateren ("to scatter"; see scatter), from Old English scaterian.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to shatter
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “shatter” mean?
to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration
Not quite: that's what compensate means.
of brittle solid materials (like glass or ice), to violently break into pieces
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to provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate
Not quite: that's what motivate means.
to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of
Not quite: that's what imitate means.
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