Shattering
['ʃætərɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering; 'shattering rain striking the windowpanes'; 'the shattering tones of the enormous carillon'; 'the shattering peal of artillery' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shatter
Checker: Tanya
Examples
- Almost at the instant of impact I turned my bows upward, and then with a shattering jolt we were in collision. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Suddenly there was an explosion, shattering the chemical apparatus and probably alarming the whole building. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Not least among the blessings is a shattering of the good-and-bad-man theory: the assassination of tyrants or the adoration of saviors. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Portia