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verb break into very small pieces ADV. completely PHRASES shatter (sth) into pieces The mirror shattered into a thousand pieces. destroy sth completely ADV. completely an event that completely shattered her life | abruptly, brutally, rudely, suddenly The moment was abruptly shattered by the sound of Mia's loud voice.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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shatter
nouns
shatter sb’s hopes
• Their hopes had been shattered by the outbreak of war.
shatter sb’s confidence
• Public confidence has been shattered.
shatter a dream
(= make it impossible for someone to achieve or get something they want )
• He spoke yesterday about the injury which shattered his Olympic dream.
shatter sb’s illusions
(= make someone realise their beliefs are wrong )
• I hate to be the one to shatter your illusions, but you’re wrong.
shatter an image
(= make people realise the idea they have about something is wrong )
• The book shattered the image of the contented American housewife.
shatter a myth
(= show that an idea was completely wrong )
• Economic studies have shattered the myth that population growth is bad for a nation’s economy.
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