shatter
A lightglobe shatters after it is shot with a pistol
Meanings
Verb
- To violently break something into pieces.
- To destroy or disable something.
- To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- To dispirit or emotionally defeat.
- To scatter about.
Noun
- A fragment of anything shattered.
- A (pine) needle.
- A form of concentrated cannabis.
Origin
- , from Old English scaterian, from Proto-Germanic *skat-. Cognate with Dutch schateren, Low German schateren, Albanian shkatërroj. scatter.
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