Also means
to smash
Usage Note
Frantumare describes breaking something violently into many pieces; it is more emphatic than rompere (to break). The reflexive frantumars i means 'to shatter' (intransitively): il vetro si è frantumato. Conjugates with avere when transitive, essere in the reflexive.
Examples
"Ha frantumato il bicchiere contro il pavimento."
Natural Translation
He shattered the glass against the floor.

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