Tattered
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged dressed in tatters or rags; ragged dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken
Shattered
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To violently break something into pieces.
Example sentence: It was the Cosby family on the cover, but overlaid on that, it appeared to be a shattered glass. So it really wasn't just about the shattering of the Huxtables: it was really a shattering of the black family. And it was a question about that and where do we stand on that.