Synonyms of shattering

shattering

verb

present participle of shatter

1

as in destroying

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

tried to restore their shattered hopes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• ruining
• demolishing
• devastating
• smashing
• wrecking
• damaging
• overcoming
• eroding
• wasting
• pulverizing
• annihilating
• extinguishing
• decimating
• breaking
• vaporizing
• marring
• crushing
• crippling
• totaling
• razing
• ravaging
• wracking
• dismantling
• killing
• tearing down
• blasting
• pulling down
• removing
• defeating
• creaming
• desolating
• doing in
• rubbing out
• nuking
• injuring
• disintegrating
• subduing
• conquering
• impairing
• dissolving
• surmounting
• deteriorating
• harming
• spoiling
• prevailing (over)
• licking
• trimming
• obliterating
• clobbering
• whipping
• mastering
• disfiguring
• mutilating
• winning (against)
• mangling
• thrashing
• besting
• eradicating
• routing
• undoing
• beating
• dynamiting
• wearing (away)
• defacing
• triumphing (over)
• vitiating
• walloping
• sweeping (away)
• gutting
• scouring
• disassembling
• trampling
• expunging
• slaughtering
• blowing up
• sacking
• trouncing
• plundering
• assassinating
• washing out
• vandalizing
• overmatching
• effacing
• murdering
• wiping out
• exterminating
• scotching
• taking down
• extirpating
• overbearing
• executing
• looting
• liquidating
• drubbing
• despoiling
• trashing
• cutting down
• stamping (out)
• slaying
• unmaking
• blotting out
• massacring
• pillaging
• dispatching
• zapping
• rooting (out)
• killing off
• snuffing (out)
• skunking
• taking out
• butchering
• felling
• mowing (down)
• unbuilding
• dilapidating
• havocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• raising
• constructing
• creating
• repairing
• erecting
• fixing
• setting up
• rearing
• forming
• producing
• making
• putting up
• shaping
• establishing
• forging
• inventing
• manufacturing
• assembling
• protecting
• framing
• constituting
• molding
• fashioning
• organizing
• preserving
• fabricating
• saving
• patching
• mending
• revamping
• reconditioning
• bringing about
• instituting
• founding
• restoring
• doctoring
• reconstructing
• rebuilding
• conserving
• remodeling
• fathering
• renovating

2

as in smashing

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

• smashing
• demolishing
• blowing
• destroying
• exploding
• bursting
• popping
• blasting
• detonating
• blowing up
• wrecking
• ruining
• decimating
• annihilating
• dynamiting
• splintering
• fragmenting
• discharging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsing
• imploding

3

as in demolishing

to cause to break with violence and much noise

shattered the priceless vase in one clumsy fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smashing
• destroying
• demolishing
• fracturing
• crashing
• splintering
• splitting
• wrecking
• crushing
• fragmenting
• cracking
• breaking down
• devastating
• ruining
• pulverizing
• vaporizing
• annihilating
• totaling
• wasting
• snapping
• decimating
• crunching
• shivering
• tearing down
• busting
• bashing
• desolating
• wracking
• nuking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shattering

Anna’s colleague Noa Toussaint (CCH Pounder) follows with a video of Max coercing his mistress into suicide, shattering the narrative that bought his freedom. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026

Twenty-nine single-family homes sold for $30 million or more in Miami-Dade in 2025, shattering the previous record of 15 homes in 2024. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

Successive heat waves that hit unusually early and hard this year, baking Europe with record-shattering high temperatures, have turned forests and scrublands into tinderboxes. — Mark Carlson, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Schroeder mentioned another woman, 80, now an EVSA member, who was run down by an e-biker on April 16, 2024, shattering her leg, at the same location Jean was struck. — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

An intervention would risk shattering Lebanon, igniting sectarian strife, and further destabilizing the entire region, potentially undermining Sharaa's government. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Season four took place in spring 2024, almost two years after the events of season three with the earth-shattering UBA-NBN merger complete, and ended with the ensemble coming together to save one of their own. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

Appropriately terrified, Russ jumps backward, shattering the window. — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Rather than shattering the illusion, the heroine invents an increasingly elaborate fictional life to protect her mother — and, ultimately, herself. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 July 2026