shatter

«shatter» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to break suddenly into many small pieces — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (shatter, shatters, shattered, shattering)

meaning for a pupil

1) To shatter is to break suddenly into many small pieces. tree →

2) To shatter something like hope or calm is to destroy it suddenly. tree →

3) To shatter a record is to beat it by a lot. tree →

4) To shatter someone is to make them very upset (or very tired). tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for God breaking the sea-monsters, the nations and their kings and chariots, showing His power over enemies. Interpretation: Tradition reads the broken sea-monsters as God's victory over chaos and over Egypt at the sea, and Jeremiah's verses as Babylon's coming fall. In the primary lessons: In safety: glass shatters — stay away from broken glass and tell an adult. In science, shatterproof materials. In stories: shattered dreams, the silence was shattered. Phrases: «shatter into pieces», «shatter a record», «shatter the silence».

examples

• Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. (Writings PSA.74.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou art My maul and weapons of war, and with thee will I shatter the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; (Prophets JER.51.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• And with thee will I shatter the horse and his rider, and with thee will I shatter the chariot and him that rideth therein; (Prophets JER.51.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• The glass shattered on the floor. tree →
• A ball shattered the window. tree →
• A scream shattered the silence. tree →
• She shattered the school record for the 100 metres. tree →
• The news shattered his hopes. tree →
• Safety glass does not shatter into sharp pieces. tree →
• The least shock is sure to shatter me!" tree →

note

Regular verb. Stronger than «break»: many pieces, all at once.

In the corpora

• Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
• Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.
• Metals are shiny, they ring when you strike them, and they can be bent and hammered into shape without shattering.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shatter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.