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shatter

/ˈʃatə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈʃatə/

shatter

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

shat - ter -> shatter

Myanmar meaning

(v.t) ကြွေမွကွဲထွက်သည်။အစိတ်စိတ်အပိုင်းပိုင်းကွဲသည်။

Full entry

shatter /'ʃætǝ(r)/ v

၁။ အစိတ်စိတ်အမြွှာမြွှာ ကွဲသည်၊ ခွဲသည်။ The vase hit the floor and shattered. ❍ The explosion shattered all the windows. ❍ (fig ) an ear-shattering sound.
၂။ (infml ) ကြေကွဲ သည်။ shatter sb's hopes ❍ My illusions were shattered when I discovered that he'd lied to me for years.
၃။ (infml ) (esp passive) ယူကျုံးမရဖြစ်သည်။ We were shattered by the news.
၄။ (infml ) (esp passive) ခြေပစ်လက်ပစ်ဖြစ်သွားသည်။ We were absolutely shattered after the journey.
❏ shattering /'ʃætǝrÇŋ/ adj
၁။ ကြေကွဲစရာ။ a shattering experience ❍ The news had a shattering effect on me.
၂။ ယူကျုံးမရဖြစ်ရသော။ The defeat was a shattering blow to her confidence. shatteringly adv
❏ shatter-proof adj မကြေ၊ မကွဲသော။ shatter-proof glass for car windscreens.

More examples

The blast shattered windows over a wide area.
One of his knees had been shattered by a bullet.
The windscreen shattered, injuring passengers.
The war has shattered this country’s economy.
[shatter someone’s confidence/hopes/illusions] : His father’s constant criticism shattered his confidence.

Synonyms

smash, break, smash to smithereens, splinter, destroy, blow apart, explode, ruin, blast, blight, break a heart, bring to ruin, burst, clean out, crack, crash, crunch, crush, dash, demolish, devastate, dilapidate, disable, dumbfound, exhaust, fracture, fragment, fragmentalize, fragmentize, impair, implode, lay waste, make a mess of, overturn, pulverize, rattle, rend, rive, ruination, scrunch, shiver, smatter, snap, splinterize, split, spoilate, torpedo, total, upset, use up, wrack up, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrecker

Antonyms

aid, assist, build, build up, combine, compliment, construct, create, encourage, fix, help, improve, inspirit, lose, mend, praise, repair, restore

Cross references

smash break smash to smithereens splinter destroy blow apart explode ruin blast blight break a heart bring to ruin burst clean out crack crash crunch crush dash demolish devastate dilapidate disable dumbfound exhaust fracture fragment fragmentalize

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