{
    "term": "shatter",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "shatter",
            "heSheIt": "shatters"
        },
        "pastSimple": "shattered",
        "pastParticiple": "shattered",
        "ingForm": "shattering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to suddenly break into small pieces; to make something suddenly break into small pieces",
            "sensetop": "shatter (into something)shatter something (into something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He dropped the vase and it shattered into pieces on the floor.",
                    "contextForm": "shatter (into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mirror shattered into a thousand pieces."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sound of shattering glass"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The explosion shattered all the windows in the building.",
                    "contextForm": "shatter something (into something)"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely"],
                "preposition": ["into"],
                "phrases": ["shatter (something) into pieces"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to destroy something completely, especially somebody’s feelings, hopes or beliefs; to be destroyed in this way",
            "sensetop": "shatter something (into something)shatter (into something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Anna's self-confidence had been completely shattered.",
                    "contextForm": "shatter something (into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Injury shattered his dreams of competing in the Olympics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her experience of divorce shattered her illusions about love."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My whole world shattered into a million pieces.",
                    "contextForm": "shatter (into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moment was abruptly shattered by the sound of Mia's loud voice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an event that completely shattered her life"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "abruptly", "instantly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make somebody feel extremely shocked and upset",
            "sensetop": "shatter somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The unexpected death of their son shattered them."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃætə(r)/",
                "audio": "sh/shatter/shatter__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃætəz/",
                "audio": "sh/shatter/shatters__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃætəd/",
                "audio": "sh/shatter/shattered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃætərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shatter/shattering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃætər/",
                "audio": "sh/shatter/shatter__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃætərz/",
                "audio": "sh/shatter/shatters__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃætərd/",
                "audio": "sh/shatter/shattered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃætərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shatter/shattering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘scatter, disperse’): perhaps imitative; compare with scatter."
}