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shattering

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shattering [′shad·ə·riŋ]
(fluid mechanics)
One theory to explain homogenization or globule fractionation in milk; it is the effect that occurs when whole milk under high velocity strikes a flat surface, such as an impact ring.
(mechanics)
The breaking up into highly irregular, angular blocks of a very hard material that has been subjected to severe stresses.


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Percy vanished into the dining-room with a shattering squeal of pleasure.
Fresh from the shattering chaos of her sister-in-law's mind, Billy's tremendous calm was especially satisfying, and Saxon mentally laughed to scorn the terrible temper he had charged to himself.
The curtains were still looped up at one corner, and I resumed my station as spy; because, if Catherine had wished to return, I intended shattering their great glass panes to a million of fragments, unless they let her out.
 
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