shatter
verb
[ ˈʃatə ]
• break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.
• "bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded"
Similar:
smash,
smash to smithereens,
break,
break into pieces,
burst,
blow out,
explode,
implode,
splinter,
crack,
fracture,
fragment,
disintegrate,
bust,
shiver,
• upset (someone) greatly.
• "everyone was shattered by the news"
Similar:
devastate,
shock,
stun,
daze,
dumbfound,
traumatize,
crush,
overwhelm,
greatly upset,
distress,
knock for six,
knock sideways,
knock the stuffing out of,
devastating,
crushing,
staggering,
severe,
savage,
overwhelming,
traumatic,
very great,
dreadful,
terrible,
awful,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘scatter, disperse’): perhaps imitative; compare with scatter.
