Definizione monolingua

shatter

shatter (third-person singular simple present shatters, present participle shattering, simple past and past participle shattered)

1. (transitive) to violently break something into pieces.
2. (transitive) to destroy or disable something.
3. (intransitive) to smash, or break into tiny pieces.
4. (transitive) to dispirit or emotionally defeat
   • 1984 Martyn Burke, The commissars report, p36

     Your death will shatter him. Which is what I want. Actually, I would prefer to kill him.

   • 1992 Rose Gradym ""Elvis Cures Teens Brain Cancer!"" Weekly World News, Vol. 13, No. 38 (23 June, 1992), p41

     A CAT scan revealed she had an inoperable brain tumor. The news shattered Micheles mother.

   • 2006 A. W. Maldonado, Luis Muñoz Marín: Puerto Ricos democratic revolution, p163

     The marriage, of course, was long broken but Munoz knew that asking her for a divorce would shatter her.

Definizione dizionario shatter

	sconvolgere
	Causare scompiglio e disordine, danneggiare o turbare profondamente.

demolire

distruggere

fracassare

frantumare

infrangere

rompere

rovinare

spezzare

Altri significati:

(transitive) to dispirit or emotionally defeat

(transitive) to destroy or disable something.

to smash, or break into tiny pieces

(intransitive) to smash, or break into tiny pieces.

to violently break something into pieces

(transitive) to violently break something into pieces.