shattered Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb break into many pieces
    shatter.
    • The wine glass shattered
  2. verb damage or destroy
    shatter.
    • The news of her husband's death shattered her life
  3. verb cause to break into many pieces
    shatter.
    • shatter the plate
  4. adjective satellite ruined or disrupted
    tattered.
    • our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity
    • a tattered remnant of its former strength
    • my torn and tattered past

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