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shatterings

shatterings is the plural of shattering.

Meaning of shattering

Noun

shattering (countable and uncountable, plural shatterings)

  1. The act of something that shatters; the shattered material.
    • It seems reasonable to conjecture that there is some property that is responsible for all the shatterings, because the operations that have produced the shatterings have all been similar (droppings of glass) […]1997, J. Wright, Realism and Explanatory Priority, page 226

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Questions about shatterings

What is shatterings the plural of?
Shatterings is the plural of shattering.

Words near shatterings in the dictionary

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

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