Synonyms for shattered

Grammar : Verb

Spell : shat-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃæt ər

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Définition of shattered

Origin : early 14c., transitive, probably a variant of Middle English scateren (see scatter (v.)). Cf. Old Dutch schetteren Low German schateren. Formations such as scatter-brained had parallel forms in shatter-brained, etc. Intransitive sense from 1560s. Related: Shattered; shattering. Carlyle (1841) used shatterment. Shatters "fragments" is from 1630s.

verb break into small pieces
verb hurt someone badly

Example sentences :

Any cold and cruel dawn may show it, Shattered, desecrated, overthrown.
Extract from : « Legends and Lyrics: Second Series » by Adelaide Anne Procter

Shattered, humiliated, sullen, the horse wheeled and returned.
Extract from : « Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, » by George Alfred Townsend

Shattered rock was thick on the floor, and they skidded and tumbled over it.
Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison

Shattered also was the fair shape that held the spirit of Stella.
Extract from : « Stella Fregelius » by H. Rider Haggard

Shattered by the scorn of the Puritans, the stage had not dared to raise its arm for a blow.
Extract from : « The English Stage » by Augustin Filon

Shattered and disorganized, their retreat to Corinth had but little order.
Extract from : « Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field » by Thomas W. Knox

Shattered already by the untimely death of his wife, would he survive this blow to his long-cherished hopes?
Extract from : « Which? » by Ernest Daudet

Shattered and blackened hulks now only marked the position they had occupied but a few hours before.
Extract from : « The Mediterranean » by T. G. (Thomas Gray) Bonney, E. A. R. Ball, H. D. Traill, Grant Allen, and Arthur Griffiths

Shattered and slowly sinking, the frigate drifted out to sea.
Extract from : « An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises » by George Lyman Kittredge

Shattered and sinking, but gallantly returning the enemys fire, the frigate drifted out to sea.
Extract from : « An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises » by George Lyman Kittredge

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