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shatter the ice

shatter the ice verb: to break the ice in a sudden or dramatic fashion.

Verb

shatter the ice (third-person singular simple present shatters the ice, present participle shattering the ice, simple past and past participle shattered the ice)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic, usually) To break the ice in a sudden or dramatic fashion.

Forms of shatter the ice

third-person singular presentshatters the ice
present participleshattering the ice
past participleshattered the ice
pastshattered the ice

Origin of shatter the ice

By extension of the metaphor used in break the ice.

Questions about shatter the ice

What does shatter the ice mean?
Shatter the ice means to break the ice in a sudden or dramatic fashion.
What part of speech is shatter the ice?
Shatter the ice is a verb.
What is the past tense of shatter the ice?
The past tense of shatter the ice is shattered the ice.

Words near shatter the ice in the dictionary

  1. shatter attacks
  2. shatter box
  3. shatter boxes
  4. shatter cone
  5. shatter cones
  6. shatter the ice
  7. shatterability
  8. shatterable
  9. shatterbox
  10. shatterboxes
  11. shatterbrained

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