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Adjective: shattered  sha-tu(r)d
  1. Ruined or disrupted
    "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity";
    - tattered
     
  2. [Brit, informal] Extremely exhausted
    - knackered [Brit, informal], drained, zonked [informal], zonked out [informal], stonkered [Brit, Austral, NZ, informal], deadbeat [Brit, informal], shagged out [Brit, informal], shagged [Brit, informal], exhausted, dog-tired [informal], fagged [Brit, informal], fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out, gone, shot [informal], fried [N. Amer, informal], pooped [N. Amer, informal]
Verb: shatter  sha-tu(r)
  1. Break into many pieces
    "The wine glass shattered"
     
  2. Damage or destroy
    "The news of her husband's death shattered her life"
     
  3. Cause to break into many pieces
    "shatter the plate"

See also: destroyed, tired

Type of: break, burst, bust [informal], damage

Encyclopedia: Shattered

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