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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
shatter . - adjective
physically broken intopieces - adjective
emotionally defeated ordispirited
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- adjective ruined or disrupted
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Examples
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Despite her stoutness, she suffered from what she called shattered nerves.
The Little Lady of the Big House Jack London 1896
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The calling of his name shattered the last of the druid’s calm.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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The calling of his name shattered the last of the druid’s calm.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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The calling of his name shattered the last of the druid’s calm.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Out of nowhere, a forceful shout in Spanish shattered the quiet, "Stop."
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Out of nowhere, a forceful shout in Spanish shattered the quiet, "Stop."
Maurice Jourdane: Suspicious Persons Maurice Jourdane 2010
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"McCain shattered his knee and broke both arms when he was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967," according to the Times story.
LA Times: John McCain receives disability pension BA Haller 2008
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Some of them are psychologically shattered from the mistreatment they got, locked up in basements or wherever, kind of the Jose Padillas of the animal world.
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The beauty that this war shattered, is always present.
Archive 2007-11-11 Newmania 2007
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The beauty that this war shattered, is always present.
From The Ridiculous To The Sublime Newmania 2007
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I envy the feeble old man
Dozing there in the sun.
When all you can do is done
And life is a shattered plan,
What is there better than
Dozing in the sun?
- Shaemas O Sheel, 'The Lover envies an Old Man'.
October 4, 2008