Shatter

·vt To scatter about.

II. Shatter ·vi To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.

III. Shatter ·noun A fragment of anything shattered;

— used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.

IV. Shatter ·vt To Disorder; to Derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered.

V. Shatter ·vt 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.