Overview of noun shattering

The noun shattering has 1 sense

• smashing, shattering -- (the act of breaking something into small pieces)

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 shattering

The adj shattering has 1 sense

• shattering -- (seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering; "shattering rain striking the windowpanes"; "the shattering tones of the enormous carillon"; "the shattering peal of artillery")