shattering
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈʃætərɪŋ/
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- The loss of land, resources, relatives, and heritage all contributed to a shattering of the Anishinaabe world.
- world-shattering
Tragedy is the attachment to forms and the shattering of that attachment.
- Tragedy is the attachment to forms and the shattering of that attachment.
- We see a kind of shattering and we see what becomes the first episode in identity politics.
Examples
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The tink of BBs on tin cans, the shattering of glass bottles.
Fiction book (1998) -
Denise heard the twisting of metal and the shattering of glass.
Fiction book (2001) -
Much research remains to be done, however, on the problem of seed shattering before and during harvest.
Academic text (1994) -
The jolt of the impact and the sudden flipping upside down; a scraping of metal and a shattering of glass.
Fiction book (2001) -
With Stephen Smith, history was the shattering of the glass in which Clive of India and the imperial banditry beheld themselves.
Fiction book (1994) -
To generalize, Hyena and Hare's tale, like other tales about the shattering of a community, bears a warning.
Academic text (1995) -
The shattering of the vase echoed through the room as it hit the floor.
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When the car crashed, the shattering of the windshield startled everyone nearby.
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The shattering of the ice beneath their feet signaled danger and prompted them to retreat.
Synonyms
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1.7
To cause something to fall into pieces or become damaged
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3.5
The sharp noise something makes when it breaks
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3.9
Breaking something into small pieces by force
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6.2
Something breaks into smaller pieces and falls apart
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6.3
Breaking something into small pieces, often by force
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4.6
An act of wood breaking that sends out small sharp pieces
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4.4
Damage that makes something in pieces or not usable
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7.6
To break a liquid into very small droplets for spraying
The breaking of something into many sharp pieces that can cut you
The process of breaking into small pieces and falling apart
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Etymology
Shattering comes from the verb shatter, which means 'to break into many pieces'. Think of a vase falling and breaking into small, sharp pieces, and you have the idea of the sudden act of breaking that shattering describes.