ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Shattering

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Shattering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of shatter.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of shatter.

More Meanings

  1. The act of something that shatters; the shattered material.
  2. Very tiring; exhausting

Example Sentences

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) […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for shattering

Depending on context, synonyms include loud, smashing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include smashing, loud, rupture, fragmentation, breaking, burst.

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