Hyphenation of shattering

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word shattering? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

shat-ter-ing

Definitions of shattering:

1.	The act of breaking something into small pieces
2.	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

Synonyms of shattering:

adj	loud
noun	smashing, breakage, break, breaking

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.