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

Surveillance video shows three vehicles circling the parking lot before a white Toyota Tacoma barrels through the storefront, shattering glass and sending employees running. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

In fact, they aren’t made of glass at all; they’re made of polycarbonate, a plastic material that mimics the look of a wonky funhouse reflector, to prevent people from shattering the surface and using broken shards as weapons. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026

Still, the channel has always proven to be resilient — a veritable phoenix that keeps rising stronger and ever more creative after world-shattering events such as 9/11, the SARS outbreak and the 2008 world financial crisis. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Downtown Los Angeles broke a daily heat record Monday with the mercury reaching 104, shattering the previous record of 101 set in 1954 and tied in 1971. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

But recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia’s oil refineries have led to widespread fuel shortages, shattering the illusion that the consequences of the conflict are far removed from ordinary Russians. — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

My oven is never going to get that same shattering all-over crunch. — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026

Last week a number of concerned mathematicians, many of them at the top of their subject, launched the Association for Human Mathematics (AHM)—an effort that was underway even before the earth-shattering Navier-Stokes news. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2026

Maya’s fear of commitment mirrors the film’s fear of showing us anything truly ugly or grappling with the idea that our heroine is one of many, many people who lost someone during a society-shattering number of years. — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026