Synonyms for shattering
- blast
- burst
- crack
- crush
- dash
- demolish
- destroy
- disable
- exhaust
- explode
- fracture
- impair
- ruin
- smash
- snap
- splinter
- split
- wreck
- blight
- crash
- crunch
- fragment
- fragmentize
- implode
- overturn
- pulverize
- rend
- rive
- scrunch
- shiver
- smatter
- torpedo
- total
- fragmentalize
- smash to smithereens
- splinterize
- wrack up
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Antonyms for shattering
- aid
- assist
- build
- combine
- compliment
- construct
- create
- encourage
- fix
- help
- improve
- inspirit
- lose
- mend
- praise
- repair
- restore
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR SHATTERING
Through the black fir-forestThunder harsh and dry, Shattering down the snow-flakesOff the curdled sky.
WORD ORIGIN
1560s, present participle adjective from shatter (v.). Related: Shatteringly.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR SHATTERING
breaking
adjectiveburstingclatter
nounloud noisedestruction
noundemolition, devastation- abolishing
- abolition
- annihilation
- assassinating
- bane
- carnage
- crashing
- crushing
- disintegrating
- disrupting
- dissolving
- downfall
- elimination
- end
- eradication
- extermination
- extinction
- extinguishing
- extirpation
- havoc
- invalidating
- invalidation
- liquidation
- loss
- massacre
- murder
- overthrow
- ravaging
- ruin
- ruination
- sacking
- shattering
- slaughter
- slaying
- subjugation
- subversion
- subverting
- undoing
- wreckage
- wrecking
liquidation
nounannihilation- abolishing
- abolition
- assassinating
- bane
- carnage
- crashing
- crushing
- disintegrating
- disrupting
- dissolving
- downfall
- elimination
- end
- eradication
- extermination
- extinction
- extinguishing
- extinguishment
- extirpation
- havoc
- invalidating
- invalidation
- loss
- massacre
- murder
- obliteration
- overthrow
- ravaging
- ruin
- ruination
- sacking
- shattering
- slaughter
- slaying
- subjugation
- subversion
- subverting
- undoing
- wreckage
- wrecking
obliteration
nounannihilation- abolishing
- abolition
- assassinating
- bane
- carnage
- crashing
- crushing
- disintegrating
- disrupting
- dissolving
- downfall
- elimination
- end
- eradication
- extermination
- extinction
- extinguishing
- extinguishment
- extirpation
- havoc
- invalidating
- invalidation
- liquidation
- loss
- massacre
- murder
- overthrow
- ravaging
- ruin
- ruination
- sacking
- shattering
- slaughter
- slaying
- subjugation
- subversion
- subverting
- undoing
- wreckage
- wrecking
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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