Many have been shattered or smashed in. They can be shattered apart but not die because of it. Shellac was also fragile, and records often shattered or cracked. John's death has seemingly shattered Grimes's sanity. This sense of security was now hopelessly shattered. The attack included objects being thrown through a window, which then shattered. Everybody is shattered by the tragedy. At Simbirsk his prestige had been shattered. Fragments of shattered bone were found in the sinus. He breathes his last near Shalini, who gets shattered by his death. He then tried a sword which likewise shattered. The storm's winds shattered windows in stores near the coast and caused property damage. Windows were shattered in a radius of nearly . The windows were shattered by bomb blasts, and had to be boarded up. Albieri, his godparent, is shattered and becomes deeply despondent.