SHATTER


Meaning of SHATTER in English

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

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