Shatter
Shatter , transitive verb
[Old English schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, Anglo-Saxon scateran; compare Dutch schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack. Compare Scatter.]
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. [Obsolete]
Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
Shatter , intransitive verb
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.
Shatter , noun
A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters. — Swift