shatter

«shatter» in Mova's school 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 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

• 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

• Metals are shiny, they ring when you strike them, and they can be bent and hammered into shape without shattering.
• 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.

Trees and pragmatics

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