shatter

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1. 1.To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered. A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor. Norris.
2. 2.To scatter about. [Obs.] Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Milton.
3. 3.To be broken into fragments; to fal Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places. Bacon.
4. 4.A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters. Swift.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered. A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor. Norris called?
• What is to scatter about. [Obs.] Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Milton called?
• What is to be broken into fragments; to fal Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places. Bacon called?
• What is a fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters. Swift called?