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How to pronounce shattering in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms smashing
Type of break, breakage, breaking
Derivation shatter
Type Words


shattering rain striking the windowpanes.
the shattering tones of the enormous carillon.
the shattering peal of artillery.

Examples of shattering

shattering
His windows still bear masking tape X's, to prevent them from shattering easily.
From the newsobserver.com
Rivera came in to get Joe Mauer on a bat-shattering groundout to end the eighth.
From the newsobserver.com
Palin's candidacy isn't shattering the glass ceiling for her or any other woman.
From the sacbee.com
Bush fires are raging across Australia, fueled by a record-shattering heat wave.
From the nytimes.com
Ms Brower was in a bus when the shattering February 22, 2011, earthquake struck.
From the nbr.co.nz
There's nothing earth-shattering in it, but it is filled with a quiet sweetness.
From the ellsey.blogspot.com
Someone approached the car on foot and shot into the car, shattering the window.
From the suntimes.com
Nine black students and a bus monitor were slightly injured by shattering glass.
From the time.com
Nothing earth shattering and they left the door open for Android and Microsoft.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Smashing: the act of breaking something into small pieces
  • Seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering; "shattering rain striking the windowpanes"; "the shattering tones of the enormous carillon"; "the shattering peal of artillery"
  • (shatter) break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"
  • (shatter) damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life"
  • (shattered) ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past"
  • The concept of shattering of a set of points plays an important role in Vapnik-Chervonenkis theory, also known as VC-theory. Shattering and VC-theory are used in the study of empirical processes as well as in statistical computational learning theory.
  • (Shatter (comics)) Shatter is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in Morlocks #1, created by Geoff Johns and Shawn Martinbrough.
  • (Shatter (digital comic)) Shatter is a digital comic created by Peter B. Gillis and Mike Saenz, and published by First Comics. It was published in the March 1985 issue (no. ...
  • (Shatter (EP)) Shatter is an upcoming EP by Swiss black metal band Triptykon, to be released October 25, 2010. ...