SHATTERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shattering mean? 

• SHATTERING (noun)
  The noun SHATTERING has 1 sense:

1. the act of breaking something into small pieces

  Familiarity information: SHATTERING used as a noun is very rare.

• SHATTERING (adjective)
  The adjective SHATTERING has 1 sense:

1. seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering

  Familiarity information: SHATTERING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHATTERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of breaking something into small pieces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

shattering; smashing

Hypernyms ("shattering" is a kind of...):

break; breakage; breaking (the act of breaking something)

Derivation:

shatter (break into many pieces)

shatter (cause to break into many pieces)

• SHATTERING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering

Context example:

the shattering peal of artillery

Similar:

loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)

 Context examples 

The strongest tornado connection was with strong, persistent La Niñas, consistent with the Super Outbreak of 1974 and the record-shattering tornado outbreaks of 2011, both of which occurred during strong La Niñas.

(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)

A study modeled fracture chain reactions and water amounts necessary to repeat a rare, epic collapse such as the 2002 shattering of the iconic shelf "Larsen B."

(Reframing the dangers Antarctica's meltwater ponds pose to ice shelves and sea level, National Science Foundation)