Shatter — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

break into many pieces

damage or destroy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʃˈæɾɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/ʃˈatə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʃˈatə/

2 syllables Say it as /ʃˈæɾɚ/.

Examples

The wine glass shattered
The news of her husband's death shattered her life
shatter the plate

Parts of Speech

verb	break into many pieces “The wine glass shattered”
verb	damage or destroy “The news of her husband's death shattered her life”
verb	cause to break into many pieces “shatter the plate”

Word Forms

shattering

noun

the act of breaking something into small pieces

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

zerschmettern

in viele Stücke zerbrechen

🇫🇷French

briser

briser en plusieurs morceaux

🇪🇸Spanish

romper

romper en muchos pedazos

🇮🇹Italian

frantumare

rompersi in tanti pezzi

🇳🇱Dutch

stukslaan

in veel stukken breken

🇵🇹Portuguese

quebrar

quebrar em muitos pedaços

🇷🇺Russian

разбить

разбить на множество частей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चकनाचूर

कई टुकड़ों में तोड़ना

🇧🇩Bengali

ছিন্নভিন্ন

অনেক টুকরো টুকরো করা

🇮🇳Tamil

நொறுங்கும்

பல துண்டுகளாக உடைக்கவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

పగిలిపోతాయి

అనేక ముక్కలుగా విరిగిపోతాయి

🇮🇳Marathi

तुकडे करणे

अनेक तुकडे करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિખેરવું

ઘણા ટુકડા કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚೂರುಚೂರು

ಅನೇಕ ತುಂಡುಗಳಾಗಿ ಒಡೆಯಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തകരുക

പല കഷണങ്ങളായി മുറിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਕਨਾਚੂਰ

ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਟੁਕੜਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੋੜੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

بکھرنا

بہت سے ٹکڑوں میں توڑ دو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

粉碎

分成许多块

🇯🇵Japanese

砕け散る

たくさんの破片に砕ける

🇰🇷Korean

파편

여러 조각으로 쪼개지다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đập vỡ

vỡ thành nhiều mảnh

🇹🇭Thai

ป่นปี้

แตกออกเป็นหลายชิ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

pecah

pecah menjadi banyak bagian

🇵🇭Filipino

makabasag

masira sa maraming piraso

🇲🇾Malay

berkecai

pecah menjadi banyak bahagian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يتحطم

اقتحام العديد من القطع

🇮🇷Persian

خرد کردن

به قطعات زیادی بشکنید

🇹🇷Turkish

parçalamak

birçok parçaya ayrılmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְנַפֵּץ

לשבור לחתיכות רבות

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The primary meaning of 'shatter' is 'break into many pieces'.

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