Word

shatter, v.
(shattered, shattering, shatters)
freq. cnt. 12

break into many pieces
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12

shatter

sample sentences

"The wine glass shattered"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
The glass tubes %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

cause to break into many pieces
<verb.change>

shatter

sample sentences

"shatter the plate"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s the glass tubes

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

damage or destroy
<verb.change>

shatter

sample sentences

"The news of her husband's death shattered her life"

verb frames

Something ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym