Shattering

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something that shatters; the shattered material. countable, uncountable

    "It seems reasonable to conjecture that there is some property that is responsible for all the shatterings, because the operations that have produced the shatterings have all been similar (droppings of glass) […]"

  2. 2
    the act of breaking something into small pieces wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shatter form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Very tiring; exhausting
Adjective
  1. 1
    seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering wordnet

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"We heard glass shattering in our street."

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