Overview of verb shatter

The verb shatter has 3 senses

• shatter -- (break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered")


• shatter -- (damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life")


• shatter -- (cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate")

Overview of adj shattered

The adj shattered has 1 sense

• shattered, tattered -- (ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past")