shattering

Pluralshatterings

1. 1
   verb

   The -ing form of shatter. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

   The glass was shattering as it hit the floor.

   The bottle slipped from her hands, shattering into tiny bits.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The breaking of something into many small pieces, or the broken bits left behind.

   Like a dropped plate breaking into many pieces all at once.

   The shattering of the window woke the whole house.

   We swept up the shattering left across the kitchen floor.

   Similarbreaking, smashing, debris, wreckage

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3. 3
   adjective

   So tiring that it leaves you completely worn out.

   Like feeling so tired you can barely keep your eyes open.

   The long climb up the mountain was absolutely shattering.

   After a shattering day at work, she fell asleep on the couch.

   Similarexhausting, draining, grueling, tiring

   Oppositerelaxing, restful, refreshing

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