shattering

Noun shattering has 1 sense

• shattering(n = noun.act) smashing - the act of breaking something into small pieces;
is a kind of break, breakage, breaking
Derived forms verb shatter₁, verb shatter₃

Adjective shattering has 1 sense

• shattering(s = adj.all) - seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering; "shattering rain striking the windowpanes"; "the shattering tones of the enormous carillon"; "the shattering peal of artillery"