shatter

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Synonyms: chatter, spatter, shutter, smatter, scatter, shitter, swatter, slatter, shotter, hatter, shaster

Antonyms: chatter, spatter, shutter, smatter, scatter, shitter, swatter, slatter, shotter, hatter, shaster

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|ergative}} Of brittle solid materials (like glass or ice), to [[violently]] [[break]] into pieces.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[destroy]], [[disable]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[dispirit]] or [[emotionally]] [[defeat]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|agriculture}} Of [[seed]]s: to [[disperse]] (become dispersed) upon [[ripen]]ing.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To scatter about.
6. {{lb|en|intransitive|of rain}}<!--less common, but doesn't have an obvious label--> To [[fall]] {{n-g|sometimes connoting}} hard, as if to smash something, {{n-g|other times}}<!--per EDD--> light and dispersed. {{attn|en|improve if possible. EDD has this sense but it bleeds into other senses}}

Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable|archaic}} A [[fragment]] of anything [[shatter#Verb|shattered]].
2. <!-- {{lb|en|US}} ? -->A ([[pine]]) [[needle]].
3. <!--{{lb|en|uncommon}}?--> A [[scattering]], a [[smattering]]; a quantity of something scattered, like a sprinkling of seeds or a shower of rain.
4. {{lb|en|uncountable|slang}} A form of [[concentrated]] [[cannabis]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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