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shattered - What does it mean?

Definition of 'shattered'

English

Verb

(head)
  • (shatter)
  • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • physically broken into pieces
  • *{{quote-book|year=1907|author=
  • |title=The Dust of Conflict |chapter=30 citation |passage=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.}}
  • emotionally defeated or dispirited
  • * 2000 Lionel Robbins, A history of economic thought: the LSE lectures, Princeton University Press, p221
  • Well, 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 26
  • She 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, p261
  • Yes, he had gotten his revenge for my rejection. I was shattered but remained silent.