shattered
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shattered
- simple past tense and past participle of shatter
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shattered (comparative more shattered, superlative most shattered)
- physically broken into pieces
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 30, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 30, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- emotionally defeated or dispirited
- 2000 Lionel Robbins, A history of economic thought: the LSE lectures, Princeton University Press, p221
- Well, she died after seven years of marriage, and Mill thought that he was shattered, and shattered no doubt he was, in the sense of this absolutely irreparable emotional loss.
- 2000 Nellie McHenry, Forbidden Dreams of Love, chapter 26
- She refused to see him for two days. He was shattered. He sent his apologies.
- 2010 Mary Alice Beasley, Shattered Lens: A Tale of Domestic Violence and Redemption Through Love, AuthorHouse, p261
- Yes, he had gotten his revenge for my rejection. I was shattered but remained silent.
- 2000 Lionel Robbins, A history of economic thought: the LSE lectures, Princeton University Press, p221
