smashing
Americanadjective
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impressive or wonderful.
a smashing display.
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crushing or devastating.
a smashing defeat.
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Nonfarm payrolls surged by 172,000, smashing expectations of just 88,000, while the U-3 unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Some of the tracks — like “Piano Concerto No. 0,” which features André literally smashing a piano to smithereens — are obviously comedic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
McIlroy's pre-tournament prediction of being able to take the sting out of Pennsylvania course by smashing his driver as far as he could proved wide of the mark in a disappointing opening round.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
And it was a smashing success, not only politically, but substantively as well.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
As a young woman, she had played a key role in code breaking during World War I. She later cracked the codes of American mobsters, smashing their crime gangs.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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