The power to make objects explode or shatter. Opposite to Reforming. Not to be confused with Disintegration.
Also Called
- Breaking
- Cracking
- Crashing
- Fragmentation
- Smashing
Capabilities
User is able to make objects shatter regardless of their hardness or condition.
Applications
Associations
- Disassembly
- Flaw Enhancement
- Freezing - intense cold makes objects brittle.
- Granulation
- Internal Energy Combustion
Limitations
- May not work on living beings.
- May only work at a certain distance.
- Won't break down object to dust, only shatter them into fragments.
- May need to conserve a certain distance, as the user could harm themselves from the fragments.
Known Users
- Trevor Zeitlan (Heroes)
- The Maia (Lord of the Rings)
- Sylar (Heroes); formerly
- Pearl (Heroes)
- Magic Users (Harry Potter)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Piper Halliwell (Charmed); via Molecular Combustion
- Takatsu Aoba (Code:Breaker)
- Ryoga Hibiki (Ranma ½); via Tenketsu/Breaking Point
- Cologne (Ranma ½); via Tenketsu/Braking Point
- Futae no Kiwami Users (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Son Goku (Dragon Ball series)
- Panrahk (Bionicle)
- Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail); via Crash
- Setsuno (Toriko)
- Panrahk (Bionicle)
- Makuta (Bionicle)
- Yongbi (Yongbi the Invincible)
- Asgore Dreemurr (UnderTale)
- Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics)
- Richard Rider/Nova (Marvel Comics)
- Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
- Saitama (One-Punch Man)
Known Objects
- The Breaking Point (Steven Universe)
Gallery
Huey (Project ARMS) releasing hypersonic vibrations body to shatter and disintegrate his victims at a molecular level.
Clark (Project ARMS) releasing hypersonic vibrations to shatter and disintegrate his victims at a molecular level.
Jabberwock (Project ARMS) releasing hypersonic vibrations body to shatter and disintegrate his victims at a molecular level, even the vibration-resistant Successors.
Anji Yūkyūzan (Rurouni Kenshin) teaching Sanosuke Sagara the Futae no Kiwami, which shatters the target via a double simultaneous strike that negates resistance.
Anji Yūkyūzan (Rurouni Kenshin) applying the Futae no Kiwami onto the village chief's head, shattering it and sending brains splattering all over the place.
Saitama (One-Punch Man) shatters Hammerhead's armor.
Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) using shatter spell on mirror.
Piper (Charmed) shatter glasses with her Molecular Combustion.
Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
Nova (Marvel Comics) shatters living diamond.
Superman (DC Comics)
Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
Cologne (Ranma ½) demonstrates Tenketsu/Braking Point.