Antonyms for shatteringshat·ter·ing

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1. smashing, shatteringadjective

   the act of breaking something into small pieces

   Antonyms:
   soft

   Synonyms:
   smashing

2. shatteringadjective

   seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering

   "shattering rain striking the windowpanes"; "the shattering tones of the enormous carillon"; "the shattering peal of artillery"

   Antonyms:
   soft

How to use shattering in a sentence?

1. Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein:

   This, in turn, could expand the conflict beyond Yemen's borders, potentially shattering regional stability.

2. George Orwell, 1984:

   War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.

3. Jerry Boykin:

   The shooter, Floyd Corkins, came into our building armed with a 9 mm pistol, two ammunition clips of 15 rounds in his front pocket, the rounds in the gun, and a box of 50 additional rounds, he also had 15 individually wrapped Chick-fil-A sandwiches. He was not puffing things up when he told the investigators that he intended ‘to kill as many people as [he] could.’ He shot our building manager, Leo Johnson, shattering the major bones of his left arm. Even after taking a bullet, Leo heroically tackled the shooter putting a stop to what would have been a mass murder. Corkins was later convicted of domestic terrorism in Washington, D.C.

4. Communist Party secretary in Muhe:

   You can say we have undergone earth-shattering changes, especially when it comes to increasing our awareness of environmental protection.

5. Jeff Kravetz:

   We did get that great GDP number … noting earth-shattering but confirmation the U.S. economy is really doing well and firing on all metrics.

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