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| Main Entry: | shatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into small pieces |
| Synonyms: | blast, blight, burst, crack, crash, crunch, crush, dash, demolish, destroy, disable, exhaust, explode, fracture, fragment, impair, implode, overturn, pulverize, rend, ruin, scrunch, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, total*, wreck, fragmentalize, fragmentize, rive, smash to smithereens, smatter, splinterize, torpedo*, wrack up |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt someone badly |
| Synonyms: | crush, destroy, devastate, dumbfound, rattle, ruin, upset, break a heart |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike and damage |
| Synonyms: | assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck, contuse |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up, break out |
| Synonyms: | barge, blow, break, crack, detonate, discharge, disintegrate, erupt, explode, fracture, fragment, perforate, pierce, pop, prick, puncture, run, rupture, rush, shatter, shiver, splinter, split, spout, fly open, gush forth, rend asunder, tear apart |
| Main Entry: | clatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crash; make racket |
| Synonyms: | bang, bluster, bump, clang, clank, clash, hurtle, noise, rattle, roar, shatter, smash |
| Main Entry: | collapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart, break down |
| Synonyms: | bend, break, crack up*, crumple, deflate, disintegrate, droop, drop, exhaust, fail, faint, flag, fold, founder, give, give in, go*, go to pieces*, keel over, languish, shatter, subside, succumb, tire, topple, weaken, weary, wilt, yield, belly up, cave in, conk out*, fall down, flake out, give out, give way |
| Antonyms: | build, increase, rise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | collide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slam into |
| Synonyms: | bang, beat, break up, bump, clash, conflict, crash, crunch*, disagree, fragment, hit, jolt, pulverize*, scrap*, shatter, smash, splinter, strike, fender-bend, meet head-on, pile up*, plow into, sideswipe, wrack up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke*, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out*, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax*, wipe out, wreck, zap*, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render inoperative; cripple |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring*, handicap, harm, hock*, hurt, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh*, knock out*, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, prostrate, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, spoil, total*, undermine, unfit, weaken, wreck, disenable, hogtie*, immobilize, pinion, put out of action, render incapable, shoot down*, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, unbrace, unstrengthen |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, enable, help, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disintegrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart; reduce to pieces |
| Synonyms: | atomize, break up, crumble, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, descend, detach, disband, disconnect, dismantle, disorganize, disperse, disunite, divide, molder, pulverize, putrefy, rot, separate, sever, shatter, sink, splinter, spoil, taint, turn, wither, worsen, break apart, break down, come apart, deliquesce, dilapidate, disimprove, fade away, fall to pieces, take apart, turn to dust, wash away, wash out |
| Antonyms: | combine, meld, unite |
| Main Entry: | do in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; exhaust |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, bankrupt, bump off*, butcher*, cool*, dispatch, do away with*, eliminate, execute, fatigue, finish, frazzle*, kill, knock out*, liquidate, murder, put away*, ruin, shatter, slaughter, slay, tire, wear out, weary, wreck, dilapidate |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, invent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fragment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into pieces |
| Synonyms: | burst, crumble, disintegrate, disunite, divide, rend, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter, split, split up, come apart, rive |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | complete, total |
| Main Entry: | harm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure; cause evil |
| Synonyms: | abuse, blemish, bruise, cripple, crush, damage, discommode, get, hurt, impair, inconvenience, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mess up*, misuse, molest, mutilate, nick, outrage, prejudice, put down, ruin, sabotage, sap*, shatter, shock, spoil, stab, tarnish, total, trample, tweak*, undermine, vandalize, vitiate, wing*, wound, wreck, wrench, wrong, zing*, dilapidate, disserve, do violence to, dump on, ill-treat, incommode, louse up, muck up*, scathe, traumatize |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, care, fix, help, improve, mend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | madden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make angry |
| Synonyms: | anger, annoy, bother, craze, derange, distract, enrage, exasperate, frenzy, incense, inflame, infuriate, ire, irritate, pester, possess, provoke, shatter, umbrage, unbalance, unhinge*, upset, vex, drive crazy, drive insane, drive out of mind, drive to distraction, make see red, steam up* |
| Antonyms: | gladden, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ravage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, ransack |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break up, capture, consume, cream*, crush, damage, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, dismantle, disorganize, disrupt, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry, impair, loot, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, prostrate, pull down, raid, rape, raze, rob, ruin, sack, seize, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, stamp out, strip, total*, trample, trash, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, wrest, lay waste, leave in ruins, spoliate, sweep away |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, destroy |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggar, botch, break, bring down, bust, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, desecrate, despoil, devour, disfigure, do in*, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, total, wipe out*, wrack, wreck, bring to ruin, clean out, depredate, dilapidate, lay waste, make a mess of, pauperize, spoilate, use up, wreak havoc on |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, develop, grow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strew, disperse |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, cast, derange, diffuse, disband, discard, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, disunite, diverge, divide, expend, fling, intersperse, litter, migrate, part, pour, scramble, separate, set, sever, shatter, shed, shower, sow, spend, split up, spray, spread, sprinkle, sunder, throw out, besprinkle, disject, put to flight, run away, set asunder, take off in all directions, throw around |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | splinter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into thin, small pieces |
| Synonyms: | burst, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, shatter, shiver, smash, split, break to smithereens, pash, rive |
| Antonyms: | combine, fix, mend |
| Main Entry: | wreck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, beach, break, capsize, crack up*, crash, cripple, dash, decimate, demolish, devastate, disable, do in*, efface, founder, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mess up*, ravage, raze, sabotage, scuttle, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, strand, subvert, total*, trash*, undermine, vandalize, wrack*, dilapidate, pile up*, put out of commission, run aground, shipwreck, smash up, take apart, take out, tear up, torpedo*, wrack up |
| Antonyms: | build, create, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; make whole into pieces |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, batter, burst, bust, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, fracture, fragment, part, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, total, trash*, bust up, finish off, make hash of, make mincemeat of, pull to pieces, torpedo |
| Antonyms: | attach, fasten, fix, join, mend, put together, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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