shatter
verb (used with object)
to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
shatters
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present tense formof shatter (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She argued that "one person's phone going off shatters that for everybody" and so disrupting the experience is "an act of extreme selfishness".
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
After a fall shatters his ankle, his stepchildren dump him with his daughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Cool and tangy yogurt, fruit that tastes unmistakably like itself, crunch that shatters and then yields.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
Mistakes prove costly for the Rams in a season-ending 31-27 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC title game that shatters their Super Bowl hopes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
A burst of light shatters the silence—one of the sky lamps has exploded— and another—and another.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
