Irelands Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan (Sachnin) Shatter. The verb (to) SHATTER (from merriam-webster): 1.) to cause to drop or be dispersed 2.) a : to break at once into pieces b : to damage badly : ruin 3.) to cause the disruption or annihilation of : demolish As intransitive verb 1.) to break apart : disintegrate 2.) to drop off parts (as leaves, petals, or fruit) Examples of SHATTER: The rock shattered the window. His dreams were shattered by their rejection. The end of his marriage shattered him emotionally. Origin of SHATTER: Middle English schateren — more at scatter First Known Use: 14th century Related to SHATTER: Synonyms annihilate, cream, decimate, demolish, desolate, devastate, do in, extinguish, nuke, pull down, pulverize, raze, rub out, ruin, destroy, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck Antonyms build, construct, erect, put up, raise, rear, set up Related Words beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, scotch, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against); blast, blow up, break, cripple, damage, deface, deteriorate, disfigure, disintegrate, dissolve, dynamite, harm, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil, vitiate; erode, scour, sweep (away), wash out, wear (away); dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, gut, take down, unbuild, undo, unmake; blot out, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out), snuff (out), stamp (out), wipe out; despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack, trample, trash, vandalize; assassinate, butcher, cut down, dispatch, execute, fell, kill, kill off, massacre, mow (down), murder, slaughter, slay, take out, zap Near Antonyms doctor, fix, mend, patch, recondition, repair, revamp; create, invent; assemble, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, shape; bring about, constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize; conserve, preserve, protect, save; rebuild, reconstruct, remodel, renovate, restore more Rhymes with SHATTER: attar, batter, blatter, chatter, clatter, flatter, hatter, latter, matter, natter, patter, plaiter, platter, ratter, scatter, smatter, spatter, splatter, tatter
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 06:13:48 +0000
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