The verb TO SHATTER, pronounced /ˈʃætɚ/, means to break suddenly into many small pieces:
The mirror shattered into a thousand tiny pieces when I hit it with a hammer.
The meteorite shattered the roof of our house.
The victim fell down the stairs and shattered her skull.
The explosion shattered all the windows in a radius of fifty meters.
It also means to ruin or damage very badly:
His refusal to marry her shattered her like nobody would have expected.
All my dreams were shattered by what you just said.
When her husband died, all her world shattered.
The myth of his infallibility was ultimately shattered.
My confidence was shattered when I heard that.
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