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

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

Beyond her obvious allure, Nyong’o is able to communicate the quiet pain and shattering realities of both Helen and Clytemnestra, which is precisely why Nolan was so perceptive in casting her. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 July 2026

The tax, generally considered a barometer of the tourist industry’s health, has been on a 14-month tear, shattering all monthly revenue records and outpacing the rosiest of predictions by its closest followers. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026