Synonyms for shattering
shat·ter·ing

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1. smashing, shatteringadjective

   the act of breaking something into small pieces

   Synonyms:
   smashing

   Antonyms:
   soft

2. shatteringadjective

   seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering

   "shattering rain striking the windowpanes"; "the shattering tones of the enormous carillon"; "the shattering peal of artillery"

   Antonyms:
   soft

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1. List of paraphrases for "shattering":

   exploding

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1. Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein:

   This, in turn, could expand the conflict beyond Yemen's borders, potentially shattering regional stability.

2. Cheryl Howard:

   The first day was great. The second day we were watching a musical and everything started sliding. All I can remember is glass shattering everywhere and it was very scary to hear the glass.

3. North Carolina Pork Council:

   We remain concerned about the potential impact of these record-shattering floods, we are continuing to assess the impact and expect to provide further updates later.

4. Jerry Boykin:

   The shooter, Floyd Corkins, came into our building armed with a 9 mm pistol, two ammunition clips of 15 rounds in his front pocket, the rounds in the gun, and a box of 50 additional rounds, he also had 15 individually wrapped Chick-fil-A sandwiches. He was not puffing things up when he told the investigators that he intended ‘to kill as many people as [he] could.’ He shot our building manager, Leo Johnson, shattering the major bones of his left arm. Even after taking a bullet, Leo heroically tackled the shooter putting a stop to what would have been a mass murder. Corkins was later convicted of domestic terrorism in Washington, D.C.

5. Communist Party secretary in Muhe:

   You can say we have undergone earth-shattering changes, especially when it comes to increasing our awareness of environmental protection.