shattering

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noun

The act of something that shatters; the shattered material.

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loudsmashing
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of shatter
nounshattering (countable and uncountable, plural shatterings)

plural shatterings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of something that shatters; the shattered material.

    It seems reasonable to conjecture that there is some property that is responsible for all the shatterings, because the operations that have produced the shatterings have all been similar (droppings of glass) […]

    1997, J. Wright, Realism and Explanatory Priority, page 226
adjectiveshattering (comparative more shattering, superlative most shattering)

comparative more shattering · superlative most shattering

  1. Very tiring; exhausting

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveseemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering

Similar
loud

nounthe act of breaking something into small pieces

Similar
smashing
Broader
breakagebreakbreaking
Also see
smashing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Spanish aplastante, demoledor
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

straighten
Cite this entry
APA

shattering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shattering

MLA

“shattering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shattering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shattering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shattering.

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