"shattered" in the verb sense
1. shatter
break into many pieces
"The wine glass shattered"
2. shatter
damage or destroy
"The news of her husband's death shattered her life"
3. shatter
cause to break into many pieces
"shatter the plate"
"shattered" in the adjective sense
1. shattered, tattered
ruined or disrupted
"our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"
"a tattered remnant of its former strength"
"my torn and tattered past"
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