smashed

[ smasht ]

/ smæʃt /

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Origin of smashed

First recorded in 1955–60; smash + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM smashed

un·smashed, adjective

Words nearby smashed

smart wool, smarty, smarty-pants, smash, smash-and-grab, smashed, smasher, smash hit, smashing, smash-up, smatch

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How to use smashed in a sentence

A few hours later, news helicopters arrived to take video of the smashed vehicle, prompting Hodgkinson to turn on the local news.
How Rolling Hills Estates residents woke up to the Tiger Woods crash: ‘Oh no, another one.’|Ben Golliver|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
Sensing his opportunity, Joey Biden pounced: “I walked up behind him and smashed his head next to the counter.”
Joe Biden: ‘I’ll Kill Your Son’|Olivia Nuzzi|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ten minutes after taking the pills, she reports that she “was really stoned, I mean, smashed.”
I Warned You About Bill Cosby in 2007|Mark Ebner|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The rioters set fires, tipped cars, smashed windows, slashed tires, and started fistfights.
FinnaRage Wants You to Rage at Its Parties. So What if It Ends Up a Riot?|Melanie Plenda|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

"I saw kids throwing bottles right at the officers and they smashed at their feet," Taylor said.
Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival|Melanie Plenda|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A wooden chair whizzed past my left ear and smashed into the steel door like a gunshot.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane|Caitlin Dickson|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My father, who was a professional cricketer, was smashed up by an accident, and I had three horrible years in employment in shops.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Some cheap food was presented to the printer in the shape of potatoes, with which his windows were smashed.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
He had had his jaw smashed but I have seen men pull longer faces at breaking a collar stud.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The "reach" went on with the forward axle, and the back wheels spun around, dashed across the road, and smashed into the fence.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews
I locked up the shop—but first I cut off all the power and got a pig and smashed up Dr. Hudson's coils and transformers.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis

British Dictionary definitions for smashed

smashed

/ (smæʃt) /

adjective slang

completely intoxicated with alcohol

noticeably under the influence of a drug

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