verb
1.
to break into small pieces by or as if by a blow
shatter a windowpane with a rock
Synonyms: burst, fragment, ||pash, rive, shiver, smash, ||smatter, splinter, splinterize, splitter; compare pulverize 1
Related Word: break, crack, rend, snap, ||spalt, split; crunch, crush; crash, dash; fragmentalize, fragmentize, pulverize; demolish, destroy, disintegrate, ruin, ||total, wreck
Idioms: smash to smithereens ( or bits)
2.
Synonyms: destroy 1, annihilate, decimate, demolish, destruct, raze, ruin, shoot, wrack, wreck
3.
Synonyms: rattle 1, bicker, clack, clatter, clitter, ||ruttle