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Meanings of shattered in English

Ruined or disrupted.

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Usage of shattered in English
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Water lines were shattered early on, yet people needed water to survive.
Reuters
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Powerplay - Public confidence in New Zealand's border controls has been shattered.
Radio NZ
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No amount of words can describe how shattered I feel right now.
The South African
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TV images showed campaign trucks with shattered windows near the victims' bodies.
Reuters
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Political uncertainty has shattered confidence and lack of liquidity is asphyxiating business.
Reuters
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Yet this is a glass ceiling that corporate America shattered decades ago.
Reuters
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Some 1 million people live as internal refugees around the shattered nation.
Reuters
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The great crash of 2008 shattered the familiar template of Irish elections.
The Irish Times
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Djokovic left the court in tears, his Olympic dream shattered yet again.
News.com.au
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Minutes later the tranquil morning was shattered by the sound of gunshots.
Reuters
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The words above the shattered windows were still bright: 'Jenkins & Sons.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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We already have in our country too many victims of shattered households.
The Irish Times
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So saying he picked up a great candlestick and shattered the image.
Last and First Men
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An old order was in disarray; political and economic institutions were shattered.
State of the Union Addresses
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Others complain her latest moves were overdue in reviving a shattered economy.
Reuters
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The glass case next to us shattered, spraying glass at our feet.
The red pyramid
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