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Meanings of broken glass in English

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Transparent substance that is used to make things such as windows and bottles which is no longer in its original form and was damaged by external forces.

Synonyms
Examples for "damaged glass"
Examples for "damaged glass"
1
Protesters wrote memos and stuck them on legislator Junius Ho's office, damaged glass panels at the entrance and destroyed a surveillance camera.
News.com.au
1
Within seconds the window gave, the shattered glass falling below the curtains.
Rise
2
Most are thought to have suffered cuts and lacerations from shattered glass.
The Guardian
3
When we say chaos, we mean stampedes, shattered glass and minor injuries.
The South African
4
Glass windows and doors have been smashed and shattered glass is everywhere.
News.com.au
5
There were no bodies, no bloodstains, no shattered glass on the floor.
Provenance
1
The sides of the adjacent hills glistened with a cracked glass coating.
The Fall of Reach
2
Sure enough, the cracked glass of the door was showing misty torchlight.
Witch Week
3
Their cracked glass eyes stared balefully at Katherine as she hurried by.
Mortal Engines
4
Salam held the lamp with cracked glass up against the light.
Morocco
5
What had the eyes in the cracked glass said just now?
Winnie Childs, the Shop Girl
1
But...' and Stalker raised his chipped glass of wine as if in salute.
Assail
2
Something no more visible spanged off my faceplate, leaving a tiny glowing V of chipped glass.
Broken angels
3
He lit a fire of tinder with a lens of chipped glass, roasted the filets of dark stringy meat until they were tender.
The Drowned World
4
" Chipped glass" ware is, I understand, made by painting clean glass with glue.
On Laboratory Arts
5
"As all things lost are my domain," said Talshebeth, blinking ragged lashes over a pair of chipped glass eyes.
Street magic
Usage of broken glass in English
1
Or rather, they were dangerous in a broken glass sort of way.
The Wise Man’s Fear
2
A broken glass may no longer be usable, but your rope is.
Climbing Magazine
3
In the chamber was the sound of thunder, crackling like broken glass.
The Metal Monster
4
I pick my way through the broken glass and open the door.
Say you're one of them
5
Down in his room the floor was still carpeted with broken glass.
The Pilo Family Circus
6
Another video showed large cracks and broken glass at a car showroom.
Reuters
7
The garage manager could hardly believe the story about the broken glass.
The Rover Boys at College; Or, The Right Road and the Wrong
8
The group sent pictures to media organisations showing a broken glass door.
Reuters
9
There was broken glass everywhere, and she was really laying into Troy.
A taste of magic
10
The group sent pictures to media organizations showing a broken glass door.
Reuters
11
Non-essential goods were scattered on the floor amid shards of broken glass.
Reuters
12
The love she felt for them was as sharp as broken glass.
On mystic lake
13
The polished cherry was splintered and broken glass still littered the floor.
Carrion comfort
14
All you get for your trouble is a lot of broken glass.
The burglar who liked to quote kipling
15
They were full of cullet samples, broken glass from three different factories.
The marrowbone marble company
16
Outside the city was lit, sparkling like broken glass under full night.
Street magic
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Australia
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