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When something breaks so thoroughly that gravity has to recruit help.

means Broken into countless pieces, orfigurativelyutterly exhausted or emotionally devastated.

from From Middle English 'schateren,' to scatter or dash to pieces; the same Germanic root that gives us 'scatter,' because broken glass and spilled seeds behave alarmingly alike.

British slangMeans completely knackered, no glass required.
Physics termBrittle materials shatter; ductile ones bend and sulk.
ShatterproofA marketing promise glass rarely keeps.
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