shatter
verb (used with object)
to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
will shatter
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future tenseof shatter.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Next weekend, Orion will shatter NASA’s distance record for a spacecraft designed for astronauts - nearly 250,000 miles from Earth, set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Try it yourself: Next time you passionately kiss someone, keep your eyes wide open; your lover’s features will shatter into multiple, fragmentary perspectives, seen all together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Time and insight will eventually bare the not-so perfect sides of a hero and the image will shatter, he said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
An enticing, crowd-pleasing nibble, these stuffed mushrooms will shatter any notions that vegetables can’t be buzzworthy party fare.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
Everything here feels wrong somehow, everything about this room—as if it’s all an illusion that will shatter if I reach out and touch it.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
