shattering (verb)

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• break down — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to fall or collapse by breaking or shattering b. to make ineffective < break down legal barriers > 2. a. to divide into parts or categories b. to …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shatter — verb 1》 break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.     ↘damage or destroy. 2》 upset greatly. 3》 [as adjective shattered] Brit. informal exhausted. Derivatives shatterer noun shattering adjective shatteringly adverb …   English new terms dictionary

• 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 — I. verb Etymology: Middle English schateren more at scatter Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cause to drop or be dispersed 2. a. to break at once into pieces b. to damage badly ; ruin 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• break — [c]/breɪk / (say brayk) verb (broke or, Archaic, brake, broken or, Archaic, broke, breaking) – …  

• smash — /smæʃ / (say smash) verb (t) 1. to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter; crush. 2. to defeat utterly, as a person; overthrow or destroy, as a thing. 3.… …  

• Scientific writing — cientific Englishtyle of writing and use of English in essays and scientific papersThe following advice may be of help to students writing an essay or a scientific paper.Three aspects of style seem to cause problems# Division of the text into… …   Wikipedia

• echo — [[t]e̱koʊ[/t]] ♦♦♦ echoes, echoing, echoed 1) N COUNT: oft N of n An echo is a sound which is caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall. He listened and heard nothing but the echoes of his own voice dying in the cave. 2) VERB …   English dictionary

• lodge — [[t]lɒ̱ʤ[/t]] lodges, lodging, lodged 1) N COUNT: usu supp N A lodge is a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday, especially when they want to shoot or fish. ...a Victorian hunting lodge. ...a ski lodge. 2) N …   English dictionary

• Devolution (biology) — In common parlance, devolution , de evolution , or backward evolution is the notion that a species can change into a more primitive form. Biologically, it is a misnomer because evolution does not have a direction or motive. So, its reverse is not …   Wikipedia

• impact — I. verb Etymology: Latin impactus, past participle of impingere to push against more at impinge Date: 1601 transitive verb 1. a. to fix firmly by or as if by packing or wedging b. to press together 2. a. to have a direct effect or impact on …   New Collegiate Dictionary