Synonyms of shatter

shatter 1 of 3

verb (1)

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

shatter

2 of 3

noun

as in splinter

Synonyms & Similar 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

shattering

3 of 3

verb (2)

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
• vaporizing
• breaking
• crushing
• marring
• crippling
• totalling
• totaling
• razing
• ravaging
• wracking
• dismantling
• killing
• tearing down
• blasting
• pulling down
• removing
• defeating
• creaming
• desolating
• doing in
• nuking
• injuring
• disintegrating
• subduing
• conquering
• rubbing out
• 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
• wearing (away)
• dynamiting
• defacing
• triumphing (over)
• vitiating
• walloping
• sweeping (away)
• gutting
• scouring
• disassembling
• trampling
• expunging
• slaughtering
• blowing up
• trouncing
• sacking
• assassinating
• plundering
• vandalizing
• washing out
• 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
• cracking
• fragmenting
• breaking down
• devastating
• ruining
• pulverizing
• totalling
• vaporizing
• annihilating
• totaling
• wasting
• snapping
• decimating
• crunching
• shivering
• tearing down
• busting
• bashing
• desolating
• wracking
• nuking