Words Like SHATTER

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SHATTER.

5 Alternative Words Similar to shatter

1 Break Verb      Synonym Words Like Break
2 Burst Verb      Synonym Words Like Burst
3 Bust Verb      Synonym Words Like Bust
4 Disorder Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Disorder
5 Damage Verb      Hypernym Words Like Damage

3 examples of shatter

1 an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.
2 to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered
3 to break a glass into shatters

10 definitions of shatter

1 To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters
2 To disorder; to derange; to render unsound.
3 To scatter about.
4 To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.
5 A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters.
6 break into many pieces
7 damage or destroy
8 cause to break into many pieces
9 To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow.
10 To damage seriously; disable: His health was shattered by the disease.
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