shatter (Meaning)
shatter (v)
break into many pieces
damage or destroy
cause to break into many pieces
shatter (v. t.)
To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.
To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered.
To scatter about.
shatter (v. i.)
To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.
shatter (n.)
A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.
Synonyms & Antonyms of shatter
Synonyms:
- overcome
- dismantle
- tear down
- annihilate
- erode
- break
- decimate
- mar
- damage
- ravage
- desolate
- raze
- waste
- cream
- crush
- pull down
- injure
- pulverize
- kill
- extinguish
- cripple
- vaporize
- total
Antonyms:
- institute
- constitute
- make
- rear
- mend
- fabricate
- bring about
- manufacture
- frame
- save
- forge
- organize
- mold
- produce
- shape
- patch
- invent
- found
- assemble
- invent
- shape
- save
- produce
- institute
- found
- recondition
- form
- restore
- mold
- protect
- bring about
- form
- rear
- forge
- recondition
- assemble
- establish
- frame
- make
- establish
- protect
- constitute
- fabricate
- preserve
- restore
- manufacture
- organize
- preserve
- mend
- patch
Synonyms:
- clobber
- blast
- blow up
- defeat
- mangle
- pillage
- gut
- plunder
- wash out
- deteriorate
- vitiate
- efface
- murder
- disfigure
- impair
- despoil
- unbuild
- zap
- scour
- lick
- conquer
- eradicate
- drub
- subdue
- master
- rout
- blot out
- extirpate
- prevail (over)
- wallop
- disintegrate
- havoc
- trample
- beat
- execute
- wear (away)
- wipe out
- cut down
- disassemble
- sack
- win (against)
- spoil
- slay
- sweep (away)
- obliterate
- harm
- surmount
- dynamite
- loot
- assassinate
- trounce
- trim
- kill off
- remove
- root (out)
- dissolve
- fell
- exterminate
- vandalize
- stamp (out)
- nuke
- best
- overmatch
- scotch
- snuff (out)
- thrash
- take down
- liquidate
- undo
- unmake
- rub out
- do in
- wrack
- overbear
- deface
- whip
- slaughter
- expunge
- triumph (over)
- mutilate
Antonyms:
shatter Sentence Examples
- The fragile vase shattered into a thousand pieces when it fell.
- The sound of the glass shattering sent shivers down her spine.
- The once-beautiful painting was shattered beyond repair by a reckless hand.
- His heart shattered into a million pieces when he heard the news of her death.
- The glass window shattered with a deafening crash, sending shards flying everywhere.
- The delicate crystal vase was carefully packed to prevent it from shattering.
- The lightning bolt shattered the old oak tree into a splintered mess.
- Her voice shattered the silence of the night, breaking the spell of nostalgia.
- The earthquake caused buildings to shatter and crumble into dust.
- The shattered pieces of the mirror reflected her broken dreams and shattered hopes.
FAQs About the word shatter
break into many pieces, damage or destroy, cause to break into many piecesTo break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; t
devastate, demolish, ruin, wreck,destroy, smash,overcome, dismantle, tear down, annihilate
construct, fix, repair, repair, build, put up, fix, create, construct, raise
The fragile vase shattered into a thousand pieces when it fell.
The sound of the glass shattering sent shivers down her spine.
The once-beautiful painting was shattered beyond repair by a reckless hand.
His heart shattered into a million pieces when he heard the news of her death.
