- shatter hopes
- destroy optimism, make good expectations seem hopeless
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
shatter hopes
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Shatter — Shat ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shattering}.] [OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shatter — [[t]ʃæ̱tə(r)[/t]] shatters, shattering, shattered 1) V ERG If something shatters, it breaks into a lot of small pieces. ...safety glass that won t shatter if it s broken... [V into n] The car shattered into a thousand burning pieces in a 200mph… … English dictionary
shatter — verb 1 (I, T) to break suddenly into very small pieces, or to make something break in this way (+ into): The plate hit the floor, and shattered into tiny bits. | shatter sth: A stone shattered the window. 2 (T) to make someone feel disappointed… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shatter */ — UK [ˈʃætə(r)] / US [ˈʃætər] verb Word forms shatter : present tense I/you/we/they shatter he/she/it shatters present participle shattering past tense shattered past participle shattered 1) a) [transitive] to break something suddenly into a lot of … English dictionary
shatter — shat|ter [ˈʃætə US ər] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English sceaterian] 1.) [I and T] to break suddenly into very small pieces, or to make something break in this way shatter into ▪ The plate hit the floor, and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
shatter — shat|ter [ ʃætər ] verb * 1. ) transitive to break something suddenly into a lot of small pieces: The blast shattered windows over a wide area. One of his knees had been shattered by a bullet. a ) intransitive to break suddenly into a lot of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shatter — v. 1 tr. & intr. break suddenly in pieces. 2 tr. severely damage or utterly destroy (shattered hopes). 3 tr. greatly upset or discompose. 4 tr. (usu. as shattered adj.) exhaust. Derivatives: shatterer n. shattering adj. shatteringly adv. shatter… … Useful english dictionary
shatter — verb 1) the glasses shattered Syn: smash, break, splinter, crack, fracture, fragment, disintegrate, shiver; informal bust 2) the announcement shattered their hopes Syn: destroy, wreck, ruin … Thesaurus of popular words
shatter — verb 1) the glasses shattered Syn: smash, break, splinter, crack, fracture, fragment, disintegrate 2) the announcement shattered their hopes Syn: destroy, wreck, ruin, dash … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
Shattered — Shatter Shat ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shattering}.] [OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
