Synonyms for shatter
ˈʃæt ərshat·ter

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1. shatter

   To break is to divide sharply, with severance of particles, as by a blow or strain. To burst is to break by pressure from within, as a bombshell, but it is used also for the result of violent force otherwise exerted; as, to burst in a door, where the door yields as if to an explosion. To crush is to break by pressure from without, as an egg-shell. To crack is to break without complete severance of parts; a cracked cup or mirror may still hold together. Fracture has a somewhat similar sense. In a fractured limb, the ends of the broken bone may be separated, tho both portions are still retained within the common muscular tissue. A shattered object is broken suddenly and in numerous directions; as, a vase is shattered by a blow, a building by an earthquake. A shivered glass is broken into numerous minute, needle-like fragments. To smash is to break thoroughly to pieces with a crashing sound by some sudden act of violence; a watch once smashed will scarcely be worth repair. To split is to cause wood to crack or part in the way of the grain, and is applied to any other case where a natural tendency to separation is enforced by an external cause; as, to split a convention or a party. To demolish is to beat down, as a mound, building, fortress, etc.; to destroy is to put by any process beyond restoration physically, mentally, or morally; to destroy an army is so to shatter and scatter it that it can not be rallied or reassembled as a fighting force. Compare REND.

   Synonyms:
   bankrupt, break, burst, cashier, crack, crush, demolish, destroy, fracture, rend, rive, rupture, sever, shiver, smash, split, sunder, transgress

   Antonyms:
   attach, bind, fasten, join, mend, secure, solder, unite, weld

   Preposition:
   Break to pieces, or in pieces, into several pieces (when the object is thought of as divided rather than shattered); break with a friend; from or away from a suppliant; break into a house; out of prison; break across one's knee; break through a hedge; break in upon one's retirement; break over the rules; break on or upon the shore, against the rocks.

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1. shatter

   Synonyms:
   split, dissipate, disrupt, derange, break in pieces, rend, demolish, shiver, dismember, disintegrate

   Antonyms:
   construct, organize, collocate, fabricate, compose, rear, constitute

Princeton's WordNet

1. shatterverb

   break into many pieces

   "The wine glass shattered"

2. shatterverb

   damage or destroy

   "The news of her husband's death shattered her life"

3. shatterverb

   cause to break into many pieces

   "shatter the plate"

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1. • Break
   • Burst
   • Damage

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1. shatterverb

   Synonyms:
   shiver, break in pieces, dash into fragments

2. shatterverb

   Synonyms:
   disorder, derange, make insane

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1. shatterverb

   Synonyms:
   shiver, demolish, disorder, derange

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1. List of paraphrases for "shatter":

   break, breeze

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1. Amanda Gorman:

   We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy. And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.

2. James Mattis:

   For the first time since World War II, Russia has been the nation that has redrawn international borders by force in Georgia and Ukraine while pursuing veto authority over their neighbors' diplomatic, economic and security decisions, president Putin seeks to shatter NATO. President Putin aims to diminish the appeal of the Western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority, President Putin actions are designed not to challenge our arms at this point but to undercut and compromise our belief in our ideals.

3. Vladimir Putin:

   Vladimir Putin seeks to shatter NATO. Vladimir Putin aims to diminish the appeal of the Western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority.

4. Pedram Javaheri:

   Death Valley would not only shatter daily records for all four days, making Death Valley the hottest September run of heat on record, but also set a new September all-time high.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   Let us hope there is a wave of young women running for office in America, and let's be sure we support them, in every way we can. Let's help them shatter stereotypes and lift each other up.