Synonyms of shatter

shatter 1 of 2

verb

ˈsha-tər 

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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
• burst
• pop
• blast
• detonate
• blow up
• ruin
• annihilate
• wreck
• fragment
• decimate
• dynamite
• splinter
• discharge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapse
• implode

3

as in to demolish

to cause to break with violence and much noise

shattered the priceless vase in one clumsy fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

shatter

2 of 2

noun

as in splinter

Related Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shatter

Verb

Take-Two’s stock has slid as investors fret over the breach, but industry analysts and USC experts say even a playable leak is unlikely to dent the game franchise’s record-shattering sales. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

The video obtained by the group NorCal Bodycam and shared with ABC7 Bay Area appears to show the operator asleep before the train crashes into the rear of another train ahead of it, shattering window glass. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Noun

Melamine is a shatter-resistant material that is perfect for outdoor dining—and all the potential accidents that come with busy households with kids or hosts who entertain a lot. — Erin Mayer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026

When a window shatters, your entire home is at risk of collapse or even being blown away. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 23 June 2026