shatter

voler en éclats, fracasser

Se casser soudainement en de nombreux petits morceaux, ou casser quelque chose de cette manière.

En anglais simple : To break suddenly into many small pieces, or make something break this way.

• The glass shattered on the floor.
• A stone shattered the window.
• The frozen lake’s thin ice began to shatter.

Comment l'utiliser : shatter into something (The plate shattered into tiny pieces.)

Synonymes : smash, break

Expressions courantes : shatter a window, shatter into pieces

anéantir, bouleverser

Bouleverser profondément quelqu’un ou détruire ses espoirs, sa confiance ou son bonheur.

En anglais simple : To make someone feel deeply upset or destroy their hope, confidence, or happiness.

• The news shattered her.
• Repeated failures shattered his confidence.
• Their defeat shattered the team’s hopes of reaching the final.

Synonymes : devastate, crush

Expressions courantes : shatter someone’s confidence, shatter someone’s hopes, shatter someone