If not done just right, and with the flaw taken in mind, the entire piece could easily shatter.

The basic purpose was to keep rats out, but it could easily shatter a person's ankle.

The thud was too dull and the bottle didn't shatter easily.

Fall the wrong way and he could easily shatter his ribs or, worse, his neck.

His regiment could be easily shattered and there was not a damned thing he could do about it.

Brown could easily shatter some of those records.

Windows are prone to shatter easily unless expensive shatterproof glass is used.

The Republican National Committee has easily shattered its targets for both hard and soft money.

When these materials are cooled below their glass transition they become brittle and shatter easily with a blow.

But foam would strike with a blunt force while ice would easily shatter.