Vocabulary
Shattered
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
very upset.
Urdu meaning
بری طرح نقصان پہنچانا، توڑ دینا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- On July 30, Washington Post shattered that euphemistic habit; it published the names and ages of 18,500 children killed in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023, according to the Gaza health ministry.
- Nukes will not be able to stop hydrometeorological disasters, nor will tanks and fighter jets be able to rebuild shattered lives or restore fractured societies.
- The myth of judicial independence was shattered.
- Vietnam, once a war-shattered country with a lower export level than Pakistan until1996, exported $371bn of goods, equalto 106 per cent of GDP, in 2022, while Pakistan hardly reached $30bn, or 8pc.
- The series of financial scandals that recently rocked Israel has shattered another myth that of the moral superiority of the people who run the affairs of the Zionist State.
Synonyms
exhausted, tired out, worn out, weary, dog-tired, bone-tired, bone-weary, ready to drop
Antonyms
fresh as a daisy, raring to go
Curator example
“he was said to be absolutely shattered after losing his job”
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