What part of speech is shatter?

Shatter can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. shatter is a verb, present, 1st person singular of shatter (infinitive).
  • 2. shatter is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. shatter is a noun, singular of shatters.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does shatter mean?

Definitions

Verb

shatter - break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"
shatter - cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"
shatter - damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life"

Noun

shatter - A fragment of anything shattered.

Examples of shatter

#   Sentence  
1. verb Shatter the plate.
2. verb If an engagement with Iran envelops our forces in Iraq, and comes to involve Syria, our economy will likely shatter under the strain of fighting so many countries simultaneously.
3. verb I call on the living, lament the dead, shatter the lightning.
4. verb Freedom Oh yes freedom from everything. From the memories that possess us. From the guts that know what they know. Because of these wounds that chain us to the pit, and the shouts of wings that shatter us.
5. verb A woman did not magically appear on a space shuttle. It took Sally Ride’s relentless commitment, Mae Jemison’s boundless courage to shatter that glass ceiling.
6. verb I feel so dizzy to lose all of this, so giddy to shatter all of this!
7. verb That might shatter the windshield.
8. verb A rock this size might shatter the windshield.
Sentence  
verb
Shatter the plate.
If an engagement with Iran envelops our forces in Iraq, and comes to involve Syria, our economy will likely shatter under the strain of fighting so many countries simultaneously.
I call on the living, lament the dead, shatter the lightning.
Freedom Oh yes freedom from everything. From the memories that possess us. From the guts that know what they know. Because of these wounds that chain us to the pit, and the shouts of wings that shatter us.
A woman did not magically appear on a space shuttle. It took Sally Ride’s relentless commitment, Mae Jemison’s boundless courage to shatter that glass ceiling.
I feel so dizzy to lose all of this, so giddy to shatter all of this!
That might shatter the windshield.
A rock this size might shatter the windshield.

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