1. (

• shatter

) break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered" ;

2. (

• shatter ,

) damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life" ;

3. (

• shatter ,

) cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate" ;

1. (

• shattered ,
• tattered

) ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past" ;