shattering
estilhaçando
definition
verb
bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded
break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.
everyone was shattered by the news
upset (someone) greatly.
adjective
he found it a shattering experience
very shocking or upsetting.
translation of 'shattering'
verb
destruir,
esmigalhar,
despedaçar,
quebrar,
partir em bocados,
danificar,
esmagar
example
Rather predictably, the adoption of a much more rhetorically republican tone by the Irish government produced a 'shattering' blow to such hopes.
At this stage in their development, the camera focuses on the parents' reaction to the 'shattering' news.
The one thing I certainly wasn't prepared for was the 'shattering' news that I was in perfect health.
He and his wife had suffered a 'shattering' blow when their only daughter died in the crash of a small plane.
There may come to us some 'shattering' calamity or dreadful disappointment or some moral failure.
I received some 'shattering' news: My story was rejected.
However, the contender did manage some 'shattering' attacks of his own.
We will win victories we cannot now imagine, and live through 'shattering' defeats.
I can only begin to imagine the 'shattering' impact of the killing on local people.
They need to bounce back from the 'shattering' blow of defeat at the weekend at Hull City.
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