Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Shatter

Shattered as if a shell had exploded inside.
—Joseph Conrad

Shattered like stormy spray.
—George Meredith

Shattered, as though they had stood a siege at Rome.
—T. Buchanan Read

Shattered, like a stranded bark
On the wrathful woful marge of earth and sea.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne