glass shatter

Window breaking apart

Glass shatter is the sound of glass breaking, or the event itself.

The phrase emphasizes the violent, fragmenting quality of the break rather than a clean crack: The glass shatter was heard three floors up.

Often used attributively: glass shatter detection in security systems, glass shatter sound effects in film production.

Related

flying shards · crash · smash · window · mirror · explosion · pierce · jagged · sharp · sharp edges · tinkling · sound effect · burst · crystal · brittle · impact · destroy · fracture

Opposites
structural integrity

glass shatterhold together

Remain unified, not fragment

structural integrity · unshattered · preserved

degree of breakage

glass shattercrack

Narrow break or attempt

chip · hairline fracture · surface crack · scratch · nick

process direction

glass shatterreassemble

Restore to original form

anneal · piece together · glass fuse · glassblowing · glass blowing

Family

glass, shatter, glasses, glassy, glassed, glazed, glazing, glaze, glazier

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG