SHATTER

v. 1 disintegrate, burst, pulverize, shiver, smash, demolish, break (to smithereens), splinter, fragment, fracture, dash to pieces If you hadn't caught the vase, it would have shattered into a million pieces 2 destroy, ruin, devastate, wreck, dash, crush, demolish, torpedo, undermine, blast Any dreams he might have had of being published were shattered by the rejection letter 3 upset, disturb, perturb, trouble, unnerve, overcome, overwhelm, crush, devastate, depress, deject, rattle, shake (up), unsettle, agitate, confound, confuse, stupefy, daze, stun, paralyse, Colloq throw He was shattered by the news of Mill's death