Shatter /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Shattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shattering

1. To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.

   A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects.

2. To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered.

   A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor.

3. To scatter about. [Obs.]

   Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

1. To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.

   Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places.

1. A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.