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The result was that a crystal beard of the color and solidity of amber was increasing its length on his chin. If he fell down it would shatter itself, like glass, into brittle fragments.

Which statement best interprets the phrase shatter itself, like glass?

It's a simile that helps describe that the beard is made of ice.

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