1849 Oct. 387 The inspiration of this tribe of novelists was love and weak tea; the soul-shattering period of courtship was their field of action.
1899 R. Kipling II. xxv. 5 The result is soul-shattering.
1995 27 Sept. 9/2 Like many art forms, gangster rap is sometimes brilliant and soul-shattering and, most often, banal and offensive.