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smashes

  • plural
    of 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.
  • present tense form
    of smash (3rd person singular).
    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.

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Sakurai further gooses the nostalgia factor by laying in time-capsule radio smashes, with 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” proving particularly important to the plot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Take Anne Hathaway, fresh off a string of box-office smashes in “The Odyssey,” “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” “The End of Oak Street” and “Mother Mary.”

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

The sale smashes the record previously set for a residential real estate deal in the Hualālai, which previously stood at $30.2 million, according to Kildow.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

The vehicle, with the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag affixed to its top, then smashes through the tyre-and-barricade wall, leaping into the air and speeding on.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Jon smashes things, and glues the shards into place in the pattern of breakage.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood