shatter
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
break into many pieces
The wine glass shattered
Types & categories
- bust hypernym
Related & opposite
- smashing derivation
Sense 2 verb
damage or destroy
The news of her husband's death shattered her life
Types & categories
- damage hypernym
Sense 3 verb
cause to break into many pieces
shatter the plate
Types & categories
- break hypernym
Related & opposite
- smashing derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smashing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bust |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | damage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | smashing |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | break |