In fact, they can increase the risk by shattering under high impact.

His weight brought the whole thing down, glass and plastic shattering under him.

The blades shattered under the impact, and the pieces fell at his feet.

The metal shattered under the tremendous pressure of the gas.

The table shattered under the man's weight and the players scattered, yelling.

For a minute he thought his arm would shatter under the strain.

It should have shattered under the impact, but as Silence rose sharply from his chair.

All he could see was his arm shattering under the impact of the stone wedge.

The windshield finally shattered under the pressure of the lead slugs.