shatter a bone
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To break a bone into many small pieces.
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- The impact from the tackle was so forceful it shattered his shin bone.
- He fell from the ladder and shattered a bone in his wrist.
- The X-ray revealed that the impact had shattered her hip bone.
- A fall from that height could easily shatter a bone.
- She has shattered a bone in her ankle and will require surgery.
- The force of the car crash shattered several bones in his leg.
- I was lucky not to shatter any bones when I slipped on the ice.
- Without proper safety equipment, you risk shattering a bone.
- It's a high-impact injury that can shatter a bone into multiple fragments.
- The doctor warned that another bad fall might shatter the weakened bone.