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Meanings of shatter in English

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Usage of shatter in English
1
That would shatter every law of motion as we've ever understood them.
Year Zero
2
Is your object to shatter prospective individual happiness at an early age?
The Guardian
3
Don't smash or shatter the ice: it'll become watery in a moment.
The new yorker
4
Their breaths plumed between them, neither willing to shatter the precious moment.
Secrets of a Perfect Night
5
It threatened to shatter the shaky understandings recently reached though Egyptian mediators.
Radio NZ
6
Ultrasound or a diamond saw is then used to shatter the wafer.
Wired
7
It would shatter an image he had loved and believed for years.
Funeral in Blue
8
And yet the crimes did much to shatter the Disney town fantasy.
News.com.au
9
If it fails to rise to these challenges, it might even shatter.
The Irish Times
10
It takes only the smallest of changes to shatter an epidemic's equilibrium.
The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference
11
Exposure to that kind of noise could quite effectively shatter her sanity.
Ghost Story
12
The first couple of times, this sort of advice would shatter me.
Hiding the Elephant
13
First the politicians shatter our illusions, followed shortly after by the Church.
The Irish Times
14
We'll be sure to update you if any records shatter down under.
Wired
15
As Max fires back, the window frames shatter; objects smash and fall.
The Guardian
16
Murphy chose to act in a way that would shatter the Sword.
Skin Game
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United States of America
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