Shattering

Definition

shatter /'ʃætǝ(r)/ v ၁။ အစိတ္စိတ္အႁမႊာႁမႊာ ကြဲသည္၊ ခြဲသည္။ The vase hit the floor and shattered. ❍ The explosion shattered all the windows. ❍ ( fig ) an ear-shattering sound. ၂။ ( infml ) ေၾကကြဲ သည္။ shatter sb's hopes ❍ My illusions were shattered when I discovered that he'd lied to me for years. ၃။ ( infml ) (esp passive) ယူက်ံဳးမရျဖစ္သည္။ We were shattered by the news. ၄။ ( infml ) (esp passive) ေျခပစ္လက္ပစ္ျဖစ္သြားသည္။ We were absolutely shattered after the journey. ❏ shattering /'ʃætǝrÇŋ/ adj ၁။ ေၾကကြဲစရာ။ a shattering experience ❍ The news had a shattering effect on me. ၂။ ယူက်ံဳးမရျဖစ္ရေသာ။ The defeat was a shattering blow to her confidence. shatteringly adv ❏ shatter-proof adj မေၾက၊ မကြဲေသာ။ shatter-proof glass for car windscreens.

Examples

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