shatter
Explode into fragments
Shatter means to break suddenly into many pieces, typically with force: The window shattered on impact.
Glass, ceramics, and other brittle materials shatter.
The word extends to abstractions that break apart dramatically: shattered dreams, shattered illusions, shattered confidence.
A person who is shattered is emotionally devastated or, in British usage, exhausted.
Break violently apart
- fractureSplit in hard material
- splinterThin sharp fragment
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
burst · disintegrate · crumble · pulverize · explode · rupture · demolish · crash
Complete destruction or collapse
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
- demolishDestroy completely
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
destroy · decimate · devastate · ravage · undermine · sabotage · derail · torpedo
Transparent solid from sand
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
- ceramicFired clay material
- brittleLiable to shatter
delicate · frangible · mirror · vase · window · windshield · pane · china
Destroy thoroughly and completely
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
- distraughtDeeply agitated by grief
anguished · overwhelmed · shaken · wrecked · rattled · unhinged · grief-stricken · despondent
Cannot be undone
- permanentFixed without end
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- unsalvageableImpossible to recover
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
irretrievable · ruined · broken · damaged · finished · totaled · done
smash
Break violently apart
fragment · burst · disintegrate · crumble · pulverize · explode · rupture · demolish · crash · implode
ruin
Complete destruction or collapse
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
- demolishDestroy completely
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
annihilate · destroy · decimate · devastate · ravage · undermine · sabotage · derail · torpedo · dash
glass
Transparent solid from sand
brittle · delicate · frangible · mirror · vase · window · windshield · pane · china · pottery
devastate
Destroy thoroughly and completely
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
distraught · anguished · overwhelmed · shaken · wrecked · rattled · unhinged · grief-stricken · despondent · disconsolate
irreversible
Cannot be undone
- permanentFixed without end
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- unsalvageableImpossible to recover
unrecoverable · irretrievable · ruined · broken · damaged · finished · totaled · done
- collapsecollapse, cave in, cave-in, fall in, give way
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- -le/-er verbsbabble, bubble, bumble, burble, crackle
- Breakout Gamespaddle, ball, bricks, blocks, bounce
- damagebreakage, break, crack, fracture, dent
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- shattered dreamsHopes violently ended
- shattered glassFragmented transparent material
- shattered illusions
- shattered mirrorReflective surface in pieces
- absolutely shattered
- shattered boneSkeletal element broken apart
shattered, shattering, shatter cones, shatters, shatterproof, shatterer, shatterers, unshattered, shatterable