smashing
Americanadjective
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impressive or wonderful.
a smashing display.
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crushing or devastating.
a smashing defeat.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- smashingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of smashing
Example Sentences
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Schulz said a rat's whiskers, for example, also picks up vibrations -- but it's akin to smashing down a handful of keys on a piano.
From Barron's
Skipper Shanaka, who had been under pressure after a lean run, batted superbly smashing two fours and five sixes to post a 19-ball half-century.
From Barron's
Icicles fell from the cave roof, smashing and splintering on the ground, and the ground itself shook.
From Literature
"I remember him smashing his hands down on the table and saying, 'Will you shut up'. But Jurgen was great, I had a great relationship with him."
From BBC
With Beatlemania, argues Fink, “huge masses of women got used to smashing through police barricades.”
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