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adjective

Definition of shatterednext
as in broken
forcibly separated into many pieces the glass mirror lay shattered on the floor

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shattered

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verb

past tense of shatter
1
as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of tried to restore their shattered hopes

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2
as in smashed
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive shattered the sealed clay pot to find out what was inside

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3
as in demolished
to cause to break with violence and much noise shattered the priceless vase in one clumsy fall

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shattered
  1. broken
  2. destroyed
  3. fractured
  4. ruined
  5. demolished
  6. smashed
  7. wrecked
  8. devastated
Adjective
  • All these and more can be seen below in a map of the 57 shots the 23-year-old former Arsenal academy youngster faced in the league before that untimely broken wrist against Mansfield Town on November 9.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • But the supply chains were so broken because of the pandemic.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of broken
Verb
  • Israel responded with a devastating campaign of airstrikes and a ground invasion that have killed more than 45,000 people, destroyed much of the enclave and displaced nearly two million.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Daley wasn’t interested, knowing that in certain white neighborhoods, those signs would be defaced or destroyed.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroyed
Adjective
  • Sammy Sosa’s fractured relationship with the Chicago Cubs appears to be on the mend.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Bodies begin to pile up as the police move in, and Daniel is forced to keep his fractured community together and catch the killer.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of fractured
Verb
  • Collegiate sports have been ruined by the NCAA.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Last season’s late hail ruined much of the harvest, but this year has been warm and dry.
    Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • Finally, the wall that had the last remaining barely visible image of Christ was demolished.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Years later, the elder sister is told that the camp will be demolished soon by her deceased sister.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of demolished
Adjective
  • Footage from the scene showed the smashed motorcycles near the shoulder and right-most lane of the road, which was littered with debris.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Only her car, found abandoned by two hunters on a rural roadside the next morning, and her two smashed cell phones, discovered near a neighbor's house, remained.
    Gemma Schneider, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of smashed
Verb
  • The 1995-97 newspaper strike scrambled the lives of many and wrecked a good deal of camaraderie.
    Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
  • So many of those at highest risk are too young to remember the days when HIV wrecked communities.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of wrecked
Verb
  • Relatives and friends are further devastated.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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