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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shatter \Shat"ter\, verb (used without an object) To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.
Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places. --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shatter \Shat"ter\, noun A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters. --Swift.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shatter \Shat"ter\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Shattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shattering}.] [OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack. Cf. {Scatter}.]
1. To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.
A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects. --Locke.
2. 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.
3. To scatter about. [Obs.]
Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shatter
verb
1: break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"
2: break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "shatter": agitate, annihilate, atomize, blast, break, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, burst, clack, clatter, cleave, clitter, confound, confuse, crack, crash, craze, crunch, crush, cut to pieces, dash, daze, decimate, deject, dement, demolish, depress, derange, destroy, devastate, diffuse, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, distract, disturb, drive insane, drive mad, fall to pieces, fission, fracture, fragment, frenzy, grind, loot, mad, madden, make mad, make mincemeat of, mince, overcome, overwhelm, pash, perturb, pick to pieces, pull in pieces, pull to pieces, pulverize, rattle, raze, reduce to rubble, rend, rive, ruin, scatter, send mad, shake up, shard, shattery, shiver, smash, smash up, smatter, snap, splinter, split, squash, squish, stun, stupefy, sunder, take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to shreds, tear to tatters, throw, torpedo, total, trouble, unbalance, unbuild, undermine, undo, unhinge, unmake, unnerve, unsettle, upset, wrack, wrack up, wreck
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