Synonyms of shatter

shatter 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to destroy

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

tried to restore their shattered hopes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• ruin
• demolish
• devastate
• smash
• wreck
• overcome
• damage
• erode
• pulverize
• vaporize
• annihilate
• mar
• decimate
• waste
• extinguish
• ravage
• cripple
• total
• raze
• break
• crush
• dismantle
• wrack
• nuke
• tear down
• desolate
• kill
• pull down
• injure
• disintegrate
• defeat
• cream
• remove
• blast
• subdue
• impair
• rub out
• best
• dissolve
• conquer
• surmount
• harm
• obliterate
• spoil
• deteriorate
• disfigure
• do in
• master
• trounce
• lick
• vitiate
• mutilate
• clobber
• eradicate
• mangle
• dynamite
• whip
• trim
• deface
• scotch
• overbear
• undo
• unmake
• fell
• rout
• expunge
• trample
• thrash
• beat
• wallop
• disassemble
• assassinate
• overmatch
• gut
• efface
• blow up
• scour
• wipe out
• exterminate
• wash out
• extirpate
• sack
• slay
• take down
• havoc
• despoil
• zap
• slaughter
• skunk
• blot out
• prevail (over)
• drub
• liquidate
• plunder
• murder
• unbuild
• cut down
• vandalize
• dilapidate
• loot
• execute
• pillage
• kill off
• triumph (over)
• trash
• win (against)
• sweep (away)
• take out
• dispatch
• massacre
• wear (away)
• butcher
• snuff (out)
• stamp (out)
• root (out)
• mow (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• create
• raise
• repair
• erect
• fix
• make
• produce
• establish
• mend
• protect
• set up
• forge
• constitute
• invent
• patch
• rear
• form
• found
• mold
• preserve
• assemble
• shape
• manufacture
• save
• fabricate
• restore
• frame
• organize
• recondition
• bring about
• institute
• reconstruct
• rebuild
• put up
• revamp
• conserve
• fashion
• doctor
• father
• renovate
• remodel

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• build
• construct
• create
• raise
• repair
• erect
• fix
• make
• produce
• establish
• mend
• protect
• set up
• forge
• constitute
• invent
• patch
• rear
• form
• found
• mold
• preserve
• assemble
• shape
• manufacture
• save
• fabricate
• restore
• frame
• organize
• recondition
• bring about
• institute
• reconstruct
• rebuild
• put up
• revamp
• conserve
• fashion
• doctor
• father
• renovate
• remodel

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2

as in to smash

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

shattered the sealed clay pot to find out what was inside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smash
• demolish
• destroy
• blow
• explode
• pop
• burst
• blast
• detonate
• ruin
• dynamite
• annihilate
• wreck
• blow up
• decimate
• fragment
• splinter
• discharge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapse
• implode

• collapse
• implode

3

as in to fracture

to cause to break with violence and much noise

shattered the priceless vase in one clumsy fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smash
• destroy
• fracture
• demolish
• splinter
• split
• ruin
• fragment
• crash
• crack
• wreck
• crush
• annihilate
• vaporize
• pulverize
• break down
• decimate
• devastate
• snap
• total
• desolate
• shiver
• bash
• waste
• bust
• wrack
• nuke
• crunch
• tear down

shatter

2 of 2

noun

as in splinter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splinter
• shard
• flake
• sliver
• shiver
• chip
• segment
• portion
• shred
• section
• remnant
• paring
• clipping
• shaving
• remainder
• fragment
• leftover
• atom
• stub
• snip
• fleck
• dribble
• molecule
• mote
• scruple
• crumb
• grain
• particle
• fraction
• patch
• nugget
• speck
• tatter
• morsel
• snippet
• granule
• end
• scrap
• tittle
• nubbin
• flyspeck
• piece
• bit
• oddment
• cantle