\Shat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shattered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Shattering}.] [OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter,
to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a
great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack.
Cf. {Scatter}.]
1. To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part
   violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an
   explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam
   shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.
         A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided
         amongst revolted subjects.            --Locke.
2. To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be
   shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered;
   his hopes were shattered.
         A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor.
                                               --Norris.
3. To scatter about. [Obs.]
         Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
                                               --Milton.

\Shat"ter\, v. i.
To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by
any force applied.
      Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some
      shatter and fly in many places.          --Bacon.

\Shat"ter\, n.
A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in
the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.
--Swift.