"shatter apart" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is being broken up or separated into many pieces. Example: "The plate fell to the ground and shattered apart."
Once the uneasy truce is established between the two factions, the two hour+ drama settles into a recounting of how the truce shatters apart into all-out warfare between the species.
They really dig into a small, fragile, heart-shaped section of yourself that you never really knew was there, and shatter it apart forever.
They show how war evacuates, shatters, breaks apart, levels the built world.
The blasts, about two minutes apart, shattered the calm of a Muslim Sabbath morning and nearly 11 months without significant violence in Aleppo, Syria's commercial capital.
And though their lives were shattered, villages torn apart and relatives killed, they arrived, like other immigrant groups, with their cultural and religious traditions intact.
With water and electricity still out in many parts of the city, homes shattered, roads split apart and businesses closed indefinitely, there seemed little alternative.
The two trucks exploded about two minutes and three miles apart, shattering the fronts of the Neve Shalom synagogue, Istanbul's largest and the site of two previous attacks, and the Beth Israel synagogue.
American weapons experts say their immediate concern is that the explosives could be used in major bombing attacks against American or Iraqi forces: the explosives, mainly HMX and RDX, could produce bombs strong enough to shatter airplanes or tear apart buildings.
In building after building, furniture was flipped over, dishes and mirrors shattered, and everything torn apart.
By the end of the 2.6 miles, they lines are about five feet apart, and shattering the idea that the flat looking playa is so level after all.
