Shattered — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

break into many pieces

damage or destroy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʃˈæɾɚd/

🇬🇧British English

/ʃˈatəd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʃˈatəd/

3 syllables Say it as /ʃˈæɾɚd/.

Examples

The wine glass shattered
The news of her husband's death shattered her life
shatter the plate

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

shatter tattered

Parts of Speech

verb	break into many pieces “The wine glass shattered”
verb	damage or destroy “The news of her husband's death shattered her life”
verb	cause to break into many pieces “shatter the plate”
adjective	ruined or disrupted “our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity”

Word Forms

shattering

noun

the act of breaking something into small pieces

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

zerschlagen

in viele Stücke zerbrechen

🇫🇷French

éclaté

briser en plusieurs morceaux

🇪🇸Spanish

roto

romper en muchos pedazos

🇮🇹Italian

in frantumi

rompersi in tanti pezzi

🇳🇱Dutch

aan gruzelementen

in veel stukken breken

🇵🇹Portuguese

estilhaçado

quebrar em muitos pedaços

🇷🇺Russian

разбитый

разбить на множество частей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चूर-चूर हो

कई टुकड़ों में तोड़ना

🇧🇩Bengali

ছিন্নভিন্ন

অনেক টুকরো টুকরো করা

🇮🇳Tamil

நொறுங்கியது

பல துண்டுகளாக உடைக்கவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

పగిలిపోయింది

అనేక ముక్కలుగా విరిగిపోతాయి

🇮🇳Marathi

विस्कळीत

अनेक तुकडे करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિખેરાઈ ગયું

ઘણા ટુકડા કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಛಿದ್ರವಾಯಿತು

ಅನೇಕ ತುಂಡುಗಳಾಗಿ ಒಡೆಯಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തകർത്തു

പല കഷണങ്ങളായി മുറിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਕਨਾਚੂਰ

ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਟੁਕੜਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੋੜੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

بکھر گیا

بہت سے ٹکڑوں میں توڑ دو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

破碎的

分成许多块

🇯🇵Japanese

粉々になった

たくさんの破片に砕ける

🇰🇷Korean

부서진

여러 조각으로 쪼개지다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tan vỡ

vỡ thành nhiều mảnh

🇹🇭Thai

แตกสลาย

แตกออกเป็นหลายชิ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

hancur

pecah menjadi banyak bagian

🇵🇭Filipino

nabasag

masira sa maraming piraso

🇲🇾Malay

hancur berkecai

pecah menjadi banyak bahagian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تحطمت

اقتحام العديد من القطع

🇮🇷Persian

متلاشی شد

به قطعات زیادی بشکنید

🇹🇷Turkish

paramparça

birçok parçaya ayrılmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְנוּפָּץ

לשבור לחתיכות רבות

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