ˈshattered

/ ˈʃætɪd /

adjective

1. broken into many small pieces
2. impaired or destroyed
3. dumbfounded or thoroughly upset
4. informal.
   tired out or exhausted

Example Sentences

In recent years, records have been shattered across Europe too.

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Videos posted on social media show a tram being attacked with fireworks and its windows being shattered.

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A tribute by his family said the loss had left their "world shattered and hearts broken".

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A woman who found out her son had been murdered on Mother's Day said her reality had been "shattered" by knife crime.

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"I was overwhelmed with panic, distress and was confused at the news. I couldn’t believe it. My reality was shattered," she added.

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Related Words

• busted
• collapsed
• cracked
• crumbled
• crushed
• damaged
• defective
• demolished
• destroyed
• fractured
• fragmented
• injured
• mangled
• mutilated
• ruptured
• severed
• shattered
• smashed
• splintered