shattering

shat·ter  (shtr)

v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters

v.tr.

1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow.

2.

a. To damage seriously; disable: His health was shattered by the disease.

b. To cause the destruction or ruin of; destroy: The outcome of the conflict shattered our dreams of peace and prosperity.

v.intr.

To break into pieces; smash or burst. See Synonyms at break.

n.

1.

a. The act of shattering.

b. The condition of being shattered.

2. A splintered or fragmented condition. Often used in the plural: a rare piece of porcelain now in shatters.

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[Middle English schateren, from Old English *sceaterian, to scatter.]

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shatter·ing·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shattering - the act of breaking something into small pieces smashing breaking, breakage, break - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
Adj.	1.	shattering - 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" loud - characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"

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shattering

adjective devastating, stunning, severe, crushing, overwhelming, paralysing Yesterday's news was another shattering blow.

Translations

shattering [ˈʃætərɪŋ] ADJ [attack, defeat] → aplastante; [experience, news] → pasmoso
it was a shattering blow to his hopes → deshizo sus esperanzas

shattering [ˈʃætərɪŋ]

n [glass]
I heard the shattering of glass → J'ai entendu un bruit de verre brisé.

adj

(= devastating) [experience] → bouleversant(e); [blow] → terrible

(British) (= exhausting) [day, journey] → crevant(e) >

shattering

adj

blow → wuchtig, gewaltig; explosion → gewaltig; defeat → vernichtend; it had a shattering effect on the economy → es wirkte sich verheerend auf die Wirtschaft aus

(fig inf: = exhausting) → erschöpfend, anstrengend; (psychologically) → niederschmetternd; a shattering blow to his ego → ein schwerer Schlag für sein Ich; I had a shattering day at the office → der Tag im Büro hat mich wahnsinnig geschlaucht (inf), → ich bin total erledigt vom Büro (inf); the divorce was a shattering experience for her → die Scheidung hat sie unheimlich mitgenommen (inf)

(inf: = flabbergasting) news, realization → erschütternd; effect → umwerfend (inf); this new film is a shattering experience → dieser neue Film ist ein umwerfendes Erlebnis (inf); it must have been absolutely shattering for you to have found out that … → das war bestimmt entsetzlich für Sie, als Sie erfuhren, dass …

shattering [ˈʃætərɪŋ] adj (attack) → schiacciante; (defeat, news) → disastroso/a; (experience) → traumatico/a; (day, journey) → faticoso/a
it was a shattering blow to his hopes → è stato un colpo tremendo per le sue speranze