shatter
verb (used with object)
to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
shatteringly
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a word derived from
shatter.
Example Sentences
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Even as she and Ernest start a family, Mollie finds herself losing her own relatives, in what somehow feels like both agonizing slow-motion and shatteringly rapid succession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Or, do as Salon's Michael la Corte suggests: Take those shatteringly crisp cutlets and nestle them on a bed of red sauce and top with way too much cheese.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022
"A shatteringly bad outing outside of the protected zone of friendly cable TV nets," Rasmussen Reports said in its review.
From Fox News ● Jan. 10, 2022
From that moment on I would seek to relive that unexpectedly blissful experience of the shatteringly crisp, airy dough enveloping the richly savory, perfectly salty, and fragrant spinach and cheese filling.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
In my haste, I ran upon the verge of a precipice twice as deep as the first rim wall, but one glance down sent me shatteringly backward.
From The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey
