as in broken
forcibly separated into many pieces
the glass mirror lay shattered on the floor
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as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
tried to restore their shattered hopes
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as in smashed
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive
shattered the sealed clay pot to find out what was inside
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as in demolished
to cause to break with violence and much noise
shattered the priceless vase in one clumsy fall
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Recent Examples of shattered
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
In addition to the shattered bones noted in Buttgereit’s surgery notes, Schaible said the physician identified nerve damage midsurgery that required additional work to fix.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Arriving one year after the first Wicked hit theaters and shattered movie-musical box-office records, For Good will serve as the film adaptation of the second act of the Broadway musical on which the live-actions are based.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
With the most notable victim possibly being a shattered jar of sundried tomatoes on the floor of a North Berkeley cheese shop, the temblor gave what experts say was a low-stakes but important tectonic reminder for the region.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
But offline their idea of a people’s uprising took a familiar form—its memorials are burned buildings, shattered glass, and dead people.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
After the signs came shattered glass, fire, and destruction.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Cline revealed on her own social media platforms that her jaw hit the shattered car window.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
To avoid shattered glass risk, wrap the product in paper towels and a plastic bag prior to throwing it away.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s really never been a performance like the one Joaquin Phoenix gives as Freddie Quell, a Navy vet who emerges from the war shattered and strange but who may have always been that way.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
In particular, the fall had shattered Buttgereit’s bone into more pieces than her surgeon anticipated, according to operating notes.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
The illusion of Jake’s seemingly idyllic life is shattered by the return of his chaotic older brother Vince (Jason Bateman), who had fled the state years earlier to avoid repaying a hefty debt to menacing mobster Joe Mancuso (Troy Kotsur).
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
After 20 years apart, an Amerasian Vietnamese and Black family shattered by the foster care and prison systems reunites to heal old wounds and rebuild their family, starting with finding their unhoused mother in the streets of Sacramento.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
What had once shattered our family barely warranted a pause in their scrolling.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
In 2019, Koch shattered the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, spending 328 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Next door, at Raxakoul Coffee & Cheese, a single jar of sundried tomatoes fell from a shelf and shattered.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
After struggling with life inside a Greenland bunker, the anxious Garrity family decides to leave that safety and navigate a shattered and radioactive wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
In addition to the shattered bones noted in Buttgereit’s surgery notes, Schaible said the physician identified nerve damage midsurgery that required additional work to fix.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Arriving one year after the first Wicked hit theaters and shattered movie-musical box-office records, For Good will serve as the film adaptation of the second act of the Broadway musical on which the live-actions are based.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
With the most notable victim possibly being a shattered jar of sundried tomatoes on the floor of a North Berkeley cheese shop, the temblor gave what experts say was a low-stakes but important tectonic reminder for the region.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
But offline their idea of a people’s uprising took a familiar form—its memorials are burned buildings, shattered glass, and dead people.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
After the signs came shattered glass, fire, and destruction.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Cline revealed on her own social media platforms that her jaw hit the shattered car window.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
To avoid shattered glass risk, wrap the product in paper towels and a plastic bag prior to throwing it away.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
Pine, Colorado — As massive granite outcroppings dotted with evergreen trees jutted skyward from the landscape of Colorado’s Southern Rockies on a warm Tuesday morning, the serenity of bird calls and a babbling creek was shattered by a radio call from a park ranger in distress.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s really never been a performance like the one Joaquin Phoenix gives as Freddie Quell, a Navy vet who emerges from the war shattered and strange but who may have always been that way.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
In particular, the fall had shattered Buttgereit’s bone into more pieces than her surgeon anticipated, according to operating notes.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
The illusion of Jake’s seemingly idyllic life is shattered by the return of his chaotic older brother Vince (Jason Bateman), who had fled the state years earlier to avoid repaying a hefty debt to menacing mobster Joe Mancuso (Troy Kotsur).
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
After 20 years apart, an Amerasian Vietnamese and Black family shattered by the foster care and prison systems reunites to heal old wounds and rebuild their family, starting with finding their unhoused mother in the streets of Sacramento.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
What had once shattered our family barely warranted a pause in their scrolling.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
In 2019, Koch shattered the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, spending 328 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Next door, at Raxakoul Coffee & Cheese, a single jar of sundried tomatoes fell from a shelf and shattered.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shattered
Adjective
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The family gave the news station a tour of the home, showing dirty paw prints and broken appliances and pieces of furniture left in the bear's wake.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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In Maine, the city of Bangor sued Namdar twice last year, first for code violations including a leaking roof and parking lot disrepair at a local mall, then for a broken sewer line, according to the Bangor Daily News.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Termessos was believed to have been destroyed by an earthquake the exact date of which is not known, but possibly the 4th or 5th century.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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As of this year, almost all of Gaza’s schools have been damaged or destroyed.—
Ghada Abdulfattah,
The Atlantic,
23 Sep. 2025
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Glass and brick litter the sidewalk outside of a dentist office in northeast Kansas City after a pickup truck smashed into it early Wednesday morning.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2025
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Shane got on top of him and smashed his head on the floor, again and again, knocking Stefan unconscious.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Social Network charted Facebook's origins at Harvard, highlighting the fractured friendship between co-founders Zuckerberg (Eisenberg) and Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield).—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
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Family Tree centers on three estranged siblings who reunite at Christmas to sell their crumbling childhood home only to discover that fixing the house might be the key to repairing their fractured family.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So only one overwhelmed person at a time was allowed to weep when daily frustrations piled up, like barely being able to keep up with a busy lunch crowd or when the aluminum on the bottom of the pan burned and ruined the custard, forcing them to throw it away and waste dozens of eggs.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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The area became a dangerous crossing for hikers after the bridge at Rimrock Lake outlet was ruined in a 2022 flood, rescuers said.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The strikes Saturday morning demolished a house in Gaza City's Tufah neighborhood, killing at least 11 people, more than half of them women and children, according to Al-Ahly Hospital, where the bodies were brought.—
WAFAA SHURAFA,
Arkansas Online,
28 Sep. 2025
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Of the 27 homes on their street in the Rollins neighborhood, 25 were either destroyed, demolished or suffered extensive damage that left them unlivable until they could be gutted and rebuilt, Heath said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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America will be watching Monday night’s early game, perhaps in much the same way traffic can’t help but slow to watch two cars that have just wrecked.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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The crash marks the second time a vehicle wrecked into a dentist’s office in the Kansas City metro this week.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Blaney, already locked into the Round of 8 with his victory last Sunday at New Hampshire, blew a right-rear tire in practice and crashed into the outside wall.—
Reid Spencer,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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Scheffler and partner Russell Henley moved along to what would end as a 3&2 defeat, while MacIntyre blew kisses at the crowd.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Shattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shattered. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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