Synonyms for shatter
Definitions
- v. 1
Of brittle solid materials (like glass or ice), to violently break into pieces.
The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks.
Related words
- Word family
- shatterbrained shatterpated shatterproof
Forms
- Past participle
- shattered
e.g. shattered → breaked, smashed, disintegrated, crushed…
Example sentences
- crush I didn't know that you used to have a crush on me.
- burst When she saw her test score, she burst into tears.
- smash Did you smash the window willingly or unwillingly?
- disintegrate Comets start to disintegrate as they approach the sun.
- shock I expect him to get over the shock of his failure.
- disrupt What could disrupt Algeria's recovery process?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| shatter | rising | |
| crush | rising | |
| burst | rising | |
| smash | rising | |
| disintegrate | steady | |
| shock | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- blow1, dash1, rend
- 5 letters
- break1, split1, shock1, burst1, crush1, smash1, wreck1
- 6 letters
- squash1, batter2, shiver2
- 7 letters
- disrupt2, derange2
- 8 letters
- demolish3
- 12 letters
- disintegrate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (batter2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fracasser
- Italiano
- fracassare
- Deutsch
- zermalmen