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shatter

[shat-er] / ˈʃæt ər /




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Researchers discovered shatter cones in numerous rock outcrops.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The force of the explosion was strong enough to shatter some of the first- and second-floor windows of a nearby apartment building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

A strengthening El Nino that could shatter all-time records is "adding fuel to a planet already on fire" and pushing the world into "uncharted territory," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Revealing his luxurious lifestyle would shatter the state’s propaganda that Kim suffers alongside his people—nearly half of whom are malnourished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The voice had sounded loud enough to shatter stone, and yet no one else looked concerned.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Joyce said the tattoo breakdown occurs when a laser targets the ink particles and shatters them into more manageable particles for your immune system to metabolise.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Cool and tangy yogurt, fruit that tastes unmistakably like itself, crunch that shatters and then yields.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026

But gone too is a sense that we understand each other’s pasts, and Nicole’s understanding of Birdie shatters into a mess of devotion and anger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

For smaller smartphone makers with thinner profit margins, the uptick in memory costs shatters the notion that component costs fall over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

We close the pantry door just as glass shatters.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Some former fund board members said Breakthrough’s actions shattered the independence that allowed the T1D Fund to thrive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Earlier geological surveys had interpreted the local breccia rocks as evidence of a funnel-shaped volcanic structure called a diatreme, which forms when explosive magma eruptions create a pipe filled with shattered rock.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

"Our close family unit has been shattered into a thousand pieces, and it will never be the same again without Lydia."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

On “Neptuno,” his heart is shattered after a relationship didn’t work out; while on the title track, he details an evergreen love in which a couple keeps finding their way back to each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Human forms swaddled in burial shrouds rather than bandages, dirt dusting their skin, their eyes and mouths covered with chunks of shattered pottery.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Jake Fisher, senior director at Consumer Reports’ automotive test center, said carmakers can be doing more to prevent sunroofs from abruptly shattering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Both apps allowed wagers on the number of “explosive diarrhea” cyclosporiasis and measles cases this year, with both outbreaks shattering records.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

The shattering of the “Good Day L.A.” team was particularly traumatic for Barberie, the breakout star of the trio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

There had also been a shattering event in Paris for the second year in a row.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

He crashed through the roof of Georgiou's, shattering all the windows as it buckled under the impact.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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