shattered 1 of 2

adjective

as in broken
forcibly separated into many pieces the glass mirror lay shattered on the floor

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shattered

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verb

past tense of shatter
1
as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of tried to restore their shattered hopes

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2
as in smashed
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive shattered the sealed clay pot to find out what was inside

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3
as in demolished
to cause to break with violence and much noise shattered the priceless vase in one clumsy fall

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Recent Examples of shattered
Adjective
Blüh found a shattered wine bottle and cleaning supplies scattered all around her store. — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band alongside the Bee-Gees, and then struggled to pick up the pieces of his shattered career until childhood buddy David Bowie brought him back in front of stadium crowds on the Glass Spider tour. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026 The contest was founded in 1956, in part to help unite a shattered continent after World War II. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 At some point after, the woman said she was woken up by the sound of glass breaking and then allegedly saw Freitag enter the home through a shattered glass sliding door, according to the warrant affidavit. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026 For the last six years, Six has lived as a recluse in Amsterdam, lying in bed and going out twice a day for decaf coffee (the regular brew is too hard on his shattered nerves). — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026 Photos of the damage showed shattered glass around signs and stickers expressing support for Woodland’s LGBTQ+ community at the drugstore in the 600 block of Main Street. — Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Known for his multifaceted career in television, film, stand-up and more, Lopez has constantly embraced his heritage and shattered stereotypes. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 In a lawsuit, the district said that crews found shattered glass and a bullet hole in a window in May, while another bullet struck a brick wall in July, per Fox 4 News. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
Adolf Hitler's army has been shattered, but thousands of Nazi fanatics are prepared to engage in an epic last stand. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 The case against the Tates That image of impunity shattered on July 18, when US Marshals arrested the brothers outside a bare-knuckle boxing match in Miami on an extradition request from British authorities. — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 In addition, the original estimate that the Falcon 9 reusable boosters were only good for 10 flights has been shattered by the latest mission using a booster that had flown 37 times. — David Szondy august 25, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026 Once the glass shattered, all three people immediately took off running for dear life. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Cops responding to the area after the shooting found a window shattered by gunfire and a pool of blood inside Hakim’s, a nearby seasonal restaurant that neighbors say has become a teen hangout. — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026 Despite two internal Indiana Dunes park rangers being actively present at the event and explicitly confirming to the officers that BFGS was officially scheduled on the park’s calendar, the atmosphere was instantly shattered. — Kimmie Gordon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 The solar panel that powers the camera was punctured and shattered. — Haley Parsley august 22, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026 The movie also shattered BFI IMAX’s one-day presale record in June, selling 28,000 tickets in the first 24 hours for a gross revenue of £750,000. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shattered
  1. broken
  2. destroyed
  3. smashed
  4. fractured
  5. ruined
  6. demolished
  7. wrecked
  8. blew
Adjective
  • Casper Kelly, the delightfully skewed sensibility behind Adult Swim’s ‘Too Many Cooks,’ makes a first theatrical feature that feels like a broken time loop.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Mass spectrometry revealed that the broken containers had once held something containing the chemical compounds theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, and paraxanthine.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of broken
Verb
  • The fire started in the 2300 block of Pickett Road and destroyed five structures, according to Cal Fire.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Almost 50 homes and other structures have been destroyed so far; there have been several injuries, and one of Tibbetts’s neighbors lost 20 German shepherds.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • Anne Shirley has smashed her slate over Gilbert Blythe’s head.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Archaeologists in Central Europe recently came across an unusual hoard of Bronze Age tools — including a sword that had been deliberately smashed with a powerful blow.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of smashed
Adjective
  • Support for Infantino Eto’o is not the only person banging the drum for Infantino in what’s become an increasingly fractured landscape.
    — Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Kurtis Rourke did not play after sustaining fractured ribs in last Thursday’s start.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of fractured
Verb
  • Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities in Napa County have charged a man for allegedly setting the 2025 Pickett Fire near Calistoga, which burned thousands of acres of Wine Country and ruined grape harvests because of the smoke.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • Meanwhile, as cars replaced horses, streets had to be widened, and several of the city’s many inconvenient hills were flattened—some houses were demolished, but plenty were simply rolled out of the way.
    — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
  • His Administration demolished the White House’s East Wing to make way for a ballroom costing hundreds of millions of dollars—a project facing its own legal challenges.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of demolished
Verb
  • As more cars wrecked behind the incident, NASCAR was forced to throw the caution flag — freezing the field with Preece in front.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • But in a case of life imitating art, the show’s entire publicity strategy was inadvertently wrecked by a real-life aristocrat, after reports leaked that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was being eyed for a role in the series.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrecked
Verb
  • It’s been a decade since the company best known for sucking up hair balls and dust bunnies blew with great force into the beauty business.
    — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Playing the American League’s best team, the Padres had the final two games of the series in hand before the practically impermeable back end of their bullpen blew late leads.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
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