smasher

American  

[smash-er] / ˈsmæʃ ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that smashes.

2. a person or thing that is excellent, impressive, extraordinary, or the like.

   That new off-Broadway show is a real smasher.

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smasher British  

/ ˈsmæʃə /

noun

1. informal a person or thing that is very attractive or outstanding

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Etymology

Origin of smasher

First recorded in 1785–95; smash + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Officials say they’re on board with standing up the atom smasher, but caution the plan hasn’t been formally approved.

From The Wall Street Journal

And it needed the world’s biggest atom smasher CERN’s Large Hadron Collider to produce the extreme surge of energies simulating those 1 trillionth to 2 trillionths of a second after the Big Bang.

From Seattle Times

It is also the United States’s premier builder of large scientific facilities such as atom smashers and x-ray synchrotrons.

From Science Magazine

DOE’s x-ray and neutron sources and atom smashers serve thousands of experiments probing everything from the origins of matter to the structures of materials and proteins.

From Science Magazine

Marcin Dobrowolski, one of the lucky chocolate smashers, said it was "really exciting" and the smell of chocolate was "really strong".

From BBC