to shatter confidence

  • 1confidence — noun 1 belief in others ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, full, total ▪ The company needs the full confidence of its investors. ▪ great, high …

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  • 2confidence — con‧fi‧dence [ˈkɒnfdns ǁ ˈkɑːn ] noun [uncountable] 1. the feeling that you can trust someone or something to do what they say, work properly etc: • We have every confidence in the team. • Our top priority is to maintain customer confidence in… …

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  • 3shatter */ — UK [ˈʃætə(r)] / US [ˈʃætər] verb Word forms shatter : present tense I/you/we/they shatter he/she/it shatters present participle shattering past tense shattered past participle shattered 1) a) [transitive] to break something suddenly into a lot of …

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  • 4confidence — con|fi|dence W2S2 [ˈkɔnfıdəns US ˈka:n ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(feeling somebody/something is good)¦ 2¦(belief in yourself)¦ 3¦(feeling something is true)¦ 4 gain/win/earn somebody s confidence 5¦(keep information secret)¦ 6 take somebody into your… …

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  • 5shatter — shat|ter [ ʃætər ] verb * 1. ) transitive to break something suddenly into a lot of small pieces: The blast shattered windows over a wide area. One of his knees had been shattered by a bullet. a ) intransitive to break suddenly into a lot of… …

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  • 6shatter — verb 1 break into very small pieces ADVERB ▪ completely PREPOSITION ▪ into ▪ The bottle shattered into little shards of glass. PHRASES ▪ …

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  • 7shatter — [[t]ʃæ̱tə(r)[/t]] shatters, shattering, shattered 1) V ERG If something shatters, it breaks into a lot of small pieces. ...safety glass that won t shatter if it s broken... [V into n] The car shattered into a thousand burning pieces in a 200mph… …

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  • 8shatter — shat|ter [ˈʃætə US ər] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English sceaterian] 1.) [I and T] to break suddenly into very small pieces, or to make something break in this way shatter into ▪ The plate hit the floor, and… …

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  • 9shatter — [ˈʃætə] verb 1) [I/T] to break suddenly into a lot of small pieces, or to break something into a lot of small pieces The blast shattered windows over a wide area.[/ex] 2) [T] to destroy or seriously damage something His father s constant… …

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  • 10Character fighting techniques (Ranma ½) — This article cover fighting techniques used by characters in Ranma ½ that are not practitioners of Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū.Independent regular characters =Ryoga= Ryoga is an exceptionally proficient martial artist, roughly comparable to Ranma, whom… …

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