Word Meanings - SHATTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to 1. To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters

Additional info about word: SHATTER

cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to 1. To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning. A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects. Locke. 2. To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered. A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor. Norris. 3. To scatter about. Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Milton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SHATTER)

• Break
• Fracture
• rupture
• shatter
• shiver
• destroy
• tame
• curb
• demolish
• tear asunder
• rend
• burst
• sever
• smash
• split
• subdue
• violate
• infringe
• Burst Extravasate
• displode
• explode
• discharge
• disrupt
• break
• Tear
• Rend
• lacerate
• sunder

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SHATTER)

• Cohere
• hold
• stand

Related words: (words related to SHATTER)

• BREAKMAN
  See BRAKEMAN
• SPLIT INFINITIVE
  A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to largely decrease. Called also cleft infinitive.
• BURSTEN
  p. p. of Burst, v. i.
• BURST
  berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
• BREAKABLE
  Capable of being broken.
• SHIVER-SPAR
  A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
• DESTROYABLE
  Destructible. Plants . . . scarcely destroyable by the weather. Derham.
• LACERATE; LACERATED
  Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. (more info) 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate Southey.
• SPLITFEET
  The Fissipedia.
• INFRINGER
  One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype.
• SHATTER-BRAINED; SHATTER-PATED
  Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.
• STANDARD
  The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
• STANDPOINT
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• DISRUPTIVE
  Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.
• SPLIT SWITCH
  = Point switch.
• STANDPIPE
  A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level
• SHATTER
  cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to 1. To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters
• LACERATE
  To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
• EXTRAVASATE
  To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.
• SPLIT-TAIL
  A california market fish belonging to the Carp family. The pintail duck.
• PERSEVERANCE
  Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info)
• MAKE AND BREAK
  Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
• LAWBREAKER
  One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
• DISSHIVER
  To shiver or break in pieces.
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• SUNBURST
  A burst of sunlight.
• DISSEVER
  To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse. The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. Sir P. Sidney. States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster. (more info)
• SELF-DESTROYER
  One who destroys himself; a suicide.
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• PERSEVER
  To persevere.
• ASSEVERATORY
  Asseverative.
• OATHBREAKING
  The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak