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smash
[ smash ]
verb (used with object)
- to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter:
He smashed the vase against the wall.
- to defeat, disappoint, or disillusion utterly.
- to hit or strike (someone or something) with force.
- to overthrow or destroy something considered as harmful:
They smashed the drug racket.
- to ruin financially:
The depression smashed him.
Synonyms:
- Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis. to hit (a ball or shuttlecock) overhead or overhand with a hard downward motion, causing the shot to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.
verb (used without object)
- to break to pieces from a violent blow or collision.
- to dash with a shattering or crushing force or with great violence; crash (usually followed by against, into, through, etc.).
- to become financially ruined or bankrupt (often followed by up ).
- to flatten and compress the signatures of a book in a press before binding.
noun
- the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
Synonyms:
- the sound of such a smash.
- a blow, hit, or slap.
- a destructive collision, as between automobiles.
- a smashed or shattered condition.
- a process or state of collapse, ruin, or destruction:
the total smash that another war would surely bring.
- financial failure or ruin.
- Informal. smash hit.
- a drink made of brandy, or other liquor, with sugar, water, mint, and ice.
- Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis.
- an overhead or overhand stroke in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with a hard, downward motion causing it to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.
- a ball hit with such a stroke.
adjective
- of, relating to, or constituting a great success:
That composer has written many smash tunes.
smash
/ æʃ /
verb
- to break into pieces violently and usually noisily
- whenintr, foll by against, through, into, etc to throw or crash (against) vigorously, causing shattering
he smashed the equipment
it smashed against the wall
- tr to hit forcefully and suddenly
- tr tennis squash badminton to hit (the ball) fast and powerfully, esp with an overhead stroke
- tr to defeat or wreck (persons, theories, etc)
- tr to make bankrupt
- intr to collide violently; crash
- introften foll byup to go bankrupt
- smash someone's face in informal.to beat someone severely
noun
- an act, instance, or sound of smashing or the state of being smashed
- a violent collision, esp of vehicles
- a total failure or collapse, as of a business
- tennis squash badminton a fast and powerful overhead stroke
- informal.
- something having popular success
- ( in combination )
smash-hit
- slang.loose change; coins
adverb
- with a smash
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- a· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of smash1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Donald Trump continues to smash the conventional wisdom, norms, institutions, rule of law and U.S. democracy.
"Unfortunately, sometimes I might cut myself or smash a plate or burn the dinner, so obviously the chaos of my brain displays itself through day-to-day tasks."
The writer and director of smash hit Prima Facie, starring Jodie Comer, reunite for a new legal drama.
The mysterious, flaming hunk of metal traveled for several hours before smashing into a warehouse in the Polish village of Komorniki.
Scan the recent evidence – the third season of “The White Lotus” was a ratings smash.
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