• Shattered

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    Verb

    shattered
    1. shattered

      (past of shatter)

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    Adjective

    shattered

    1. physically broken into pieces
      • 1907, w, The Dust of Conflict Chapter 30, It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.
    2. emotionally defeated or dispirited
      • 2000 Lionel Robbins, A history of economic thought: the LSE lectures, Princeton University Press, p221Well, she died after seven years of marriage, and Mill thought that he was shattered, and shattered no doubt he was, in the sense of this absolutely irreparable emotional loss.
      • 2000 Nellie McHenry, Forbidden Dreams of Love, chapter 26She refused to see him for two days. He was shattered. He sent his apologies.
      • 2010 Mary Alice Beasley, Shattered Lens: A Tale of Domestic Violence and Redemption Through Love, AuthorHouse, p261Yes, he had gotten his revenge for my rejection. I was shattered but remained silent.
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