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shattering the ice

shattering the ice is the present participle and gerund of shatter the ice.

Meaning of shatter the ice

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.

Questions about shattering the ice

What is shattering the ice the present participle and gerund of?
Shattering the ice is the present participle and gerund of shatter the ice.

Words near shattering the ice in the dictionary

  1. shatterer
  2. shatterers
  3. shatterest
  4. shattereth
  5. shattering
  6. shattering the ice
  7. shatteringly
  8. shatterings
  9. shatterpated
  10. shatterproof
  11. shatterproofed

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