Meaning of "shatter" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHATTER

Perhaps obscurely related to scatter.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SHATTER

shatter  [ˈʃætə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHATTER

Shatter is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shatter in English.

WHAT DOES SHATTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shatter

Shatter or shattering may refer to: ▪ The act of violently breaking into small pieces ▪ Alan Shatter, Irish politician ▪ Susan Louise Shatter, American landscape painter ▪ Shattering, a concept in mathematics, especially Vapnik-Chervonenkis theory ▪ Shatter attack, in computing, a technique used against Microsoft Windows operating systems ▪ Shattering, an undesirable trait in crop plants that makes harvesting difficult...

Definition of shatter in the English dictionary

The first definition of shatter in the dictionary is to break or be broken into many small pieces. Other definition of shatter is to impair or destroy. Shatter is also to dumbfound or thoroughly upset.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHATTER

PRESENT

Present

I shatter

you shatter

he/she/it shatters

we shatter

you shatter

they shatter

Present continuous

I am shattering

you are shattering

he/she/it is shattering

we are shattering

you are shattering

they are shattering

Present perfect

I have shattered

you have shattered

he/she/it has shattered

we have shattered

you have shattered

they have shattered

Present perfect continuous

I have been shattering

you have been shattering

he/she/it has been shattering

we have been shattering

you have been shattering

they have been shattering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I shattered

you shattered

he/she/it shattered

we shattered

you shattered

they shattered

Past continuous

I was shattering

you were shattering

he/she/it was shattering

we were shattering

you were shattering

they were shattering

Past perfect

I had shattered

you had shattered

he/she/it had shattered

we had shattered

you had shattered

they had shattered

Past perfect continuous

I had been shattering

you had been shattering

he/she/it had been shattering

we had been shattering

you had been shattering

they had been shattering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will shatter

you will shatter

he/she/it will shatter

we will shatter

you will shatter

they will shatter

Future continuous

I will be shattering

you will be shattering

he/she/it will be shattering

we will be shattering

you will be shattering

they will be shattering

Future perfect

I will have shattered

you will have shattered

he/she/it will have shattered

we will have shattered

you will have shattered

they will have shattered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been shattering

you will have been shattering

he/she/it will have been shattering

we will have been shattering

you will have been shattering

they will have been shattering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would shatter

you would shatter

he/she/it would shatter

we would shatter

you would shatter

they would shatter

Conditional continuous

I would be shattering

you would be shattering

he/she/it would be shattering

we would be shattering

you would be shattering

they would be shattering

Conditional perfect

I would have shatter

you would have shatter

he/she/it would have shatter

we would have shatter

you would have shatter

they would have shatter

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been shattering

you would have been shattering

he/she/it would have been shattering

we would have been shattering

you would have been shattering

they would have been shattering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you shatter
we let´s shatter
you shatter

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to shatter

Past participle

shattered

Present Participle

shattering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SHATTER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shatter» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of shatter

blast · blight · break · burst · crack · crush · demolish · destroy · devastate · disable · dumbfound · explode · impair · implode · overturn · overwhelm · pulverize · ruin · shiver · shock · smash · split · stun · torpedo · traumatize · upset · wreck

TRANSLATION OF SHATTER

Find out the translation of shatter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of shatter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shatter» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 粉碎
• Translator English - Spanish: hacerse añicos
• English: shatter
• Translator English - Hindi: चकनाचूर
• Translator English - Arabic: تحطيم
• Translator English - Russian: разрушить
• Translator English - Portuguese: despedaçar
• Translator English - Bengali: ধ্বংস করা
• Translator English - French: se fracasser
• Translator English - Malay: Menghancurkan
• Translator English - German: zerbrechen
• Translator English - Japanese: 打ち砕く
• Translator English - Korean: 산산조각내다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngrusak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đập bể
• Translator English - Tamil: நொறுக்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: ढासळून टाकणे
• Translator English - Turkish: kırmak
• Translator English - Italian: mandare in frantumi
• Translator English - Polish: roztrzaskać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: зруйнувати
• Translator English - Romanian: sfărâma
• Translator English - Greek: συντρίψει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: breek
• Translator English - Swedish: splittras
• Translator English - Norwegian: knuse

10 QUOTES WITH «SHATTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shatter.

1

Robbie Amell

I've broken my wrist, dislocated toes and shoulders, gotten stitches, you name it. However, the worst was a severely bruised femur. I got body checked into an open gate while playing hockey. The doctor couldn't believe I didn't shatter my femur.

2

George W. Bush

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

3

Norman Cousins

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

4

Jodi Kantor

Evangelical Christian politicians who cheat often raise questions about hypocrisy, especially if they preached piety in public and disregarded it in private. When Jewish politicians fall, they shatter different expectations, particularly that American Jews need to work together to preserve respectability and fireproof against anti-Semitism.

5

Dan Millman

Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.

6

Robert Ripley

My impression was, he's walking as though he's made of glass, and if you should touch him he would just shatter apart. I don't know if it was an act or what, but it sure was effective.

7

Peter Singer

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.

8

Hal Sparks

Most 'reality' shows aren't reality at all. They're game shows with no prize. Like 'Rock of Love.' His aren't genuine feelings. Then again, Bob Barker didn't really care whether or not you won the toaster. Sorry to shatter everyone's dreams.

9

David Suzuki

It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking.

10

Aaron Tveit

Typecasting is an interesting thing because, in a way, if you're good at something, you're going to work at that thing. In other ways, you constantly have to change people's opinion of you as one thing, especially if you want to play different roles. You have to shatter that image sometimes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHATTER»

Discover the use of shatter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shatter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Shatter

A naked woman in red high-heeled shoes is perched on the edge of Clifton Suspension Bridge with her back pressed to the safety fence, weeping into a mobile phone.

Michael Robotham, 2009

Shatter Me

"You can't touch me," I whisper.

Tahereh Mafi, 2011

Shatter

Yesterday's future returns in this sparkling archival collection of the world's first computerized comic book.

Mike Saenz, Peter B. Gillis, 2006

Shatter

A continuation of the story begun in 'Deep Winter', finding the Drummond family and their friends adapting to the radically altered world they now find themselves in.

Thomas Sherry, 2008

Unravel Me

The New York Times bestselling sequel to the groundbreaking dystopian novel Shatter Me! Kami Garcia, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures series, says Unravel Me is "dangerous, sexy, romantic, and intense.

Tahereh Mafi, 2013

Shatter the Bones (Logan McRae, Book 7)

A bestseller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. The seventh DS Logan McRae thriller is a gripping page-turner in which fame and fortune crash head-on with crime and punishment.

Stuart MacBride, 2011

Mapping the Mississippian Shatter Zone: The Colonial Indian ...

The editors of this volume, Robbie Ethridge and Sheri M. Shuck-Hall, argue that such a period and region of instability and regrouping constituted a "shatter zone."

Robbie Franklyn Ethridge, Sheri Marie Shuck-Hall, 2009

A Facade to Shatter

Dismissed & discarded: Can he deny the forgotten Corretti?

Lynn Raye Harris, 2013

Ignite Me

" Now this final book brings the series to a shocking and satisfying end. One day I might break One day I might break free Nothing will ever be the same. The fate of Omega Point is unknown.

Tahereh Mafi, 2014

Shatter

As Donna Wildman, a profiler for the Los Angeles County Police Department, becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is targeting prostitutes, the trail begins to lead ever closer to the police force itself. Original.

Brian Harper, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHATTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shatter is used in the context of the following news items.

Shatter criticises 'thuggery' of protesters trapping him in car

Former minister for justice Alan Shatter was trapped in his car for up to 15 minutes on Wednesday afternoon by anti water charges demonstrators as he ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»

Alan Shatter loses High Court challenge to Guerin report

A High Court judge has dismissed a challenge by former Minister for Justice Alan Shatter aimed at quashing certain parts of a report concerning his handling of ... «Irish Times, May 15»

What is the drug shatter? Here are 5 things to know

Cocaine, marijuana, MDMA and shatter were discovered during five seizures in St. John's, including police searches of vehicles, businesses and a storage unit. «CBC.ca, May 15»

Alan Shatter attacks Leo Varadkar on surrogacy proposals

Mr Shatter said he was “enormously confused” by the proposals Mr Varadkar announced because they were already included in legislation outlines he drafted ... «Irish Times, Feb 15»

Alan Shatter asked Ceann Comhairle for exclusion from Dáil inquiry

Former minister for justice Alan Shatter asked Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett to rule out his handling of claims made by whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe from ... «Irish Times, Jan 15»

Alan Shatter loses appeal against Mick Wallace data ruling

Former minister for justice Alan Shatter has lost his appeal against a decision by the Data Protection Commissioner that he breached data protection laws by ... «Irish Times, Jan 15»

Shatter challenges Guerin report findings in High Court

Former minister for justice Alan Shatter has initiated a High Court challenge aimed at quashing certain findings of the Guerin report concerning Mr Shatter's ... «Irish Times, Jul 14»

Shatter to give €70k severance payment to Jack & Jill Foundation

Former minister for justice Alan Shatter has said he will be accepting the €70,000 severance payment he is entitled to, but will be donating it to the Jack & Jill ... «RTE.ie, May 14»

Guerin report criticises Shatter for not heeding garda whistleblower

Mr Shatter resigned after reading a portion of it earlier this week. ... how the Garda chief, former commissioner Martin Callinan, and Alan Shatter, who resigned ... «Irish Independent, May 14»

Lindsey Stirling's PledgeMusic Campaign Takes "Shatter Me" To …

Lindsey-stirling-shatter-me Lindsey Stirling has been a great example of what happens when you take your music direct to fans and cut out the gatekeepers who ... «hypebot.com, May 14»