"shatter the notion" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to express skepticism or disbelief toward an idea or assumption. For example: "Recent studies have shattered the notion that the universe is infinite."
The clapping seemed to shatter the notion that the movement would be limited to the clergy.
"The best IT ideas are not coming from IT, but from the business side," says Mr Starta.His study's findings "shatter the notion" that IT departments are the early adopters of technology, and that general managers slow the process down.
Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota is working to shatter the notion that the race is becoming a two-person contest, scaling back her campaign appearances to study Mr. Perry's spending record in Texas in an effort to raise skepticism about his candidacy among Tea Party supporters.
AR and VR promise to shatter the notion of the toy and playroom as we know it and it is Facebook and HTC who are poised to capitalize on those coming markets.
Instead Democrats in and out of Texas should bust out the proverbial sledgehammer and shatter the notion that universal health care, equal pay and women's reproductive rights must be confined to one city in Texas.
She says we must "shatter the notion of instinct" that creates the syncretism of "body/slave/property" named "black" and the syncretism of "body/domestic work/property" named "women".
The rash of scandals on Wall Street has shattered the notion that American rules are better.
Though Dr. Broyles does not say so, World War II essentially shattered the notion of classical music as inherently moral.
Shattering the notion that there is no such thing as a free lunch, Thursday evenings bring Aperitivo.
By the late 1850s, Charles Darwin had already shattered the notion that human beings could control how they develop – let alone build a rational society.
Rodriguez reached base five times in Game 6, and his sublime postseason has shattered the notion that he wilts under pressure.
