smash
to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
to defeat, disappoint, or disillusion utterly.
to hit or strike (someone or something) with force.
to overthrow or destroy something considered as harmful: They smashed the drug racket.
to ruin financially: The depression smashed him.
Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis. to hit (a ball or shuttlecock) overhead or overhand with a hard downward motion, causing the shot to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.
to break to pieces from a violent blow or collision.
to dash with a shattering or crushing force or with great violence; crash (usually followed by against, into, through, etc.).
to become financially ruined or bankrupt (often followed by up).
to flatten and compress the signatures of a book in a press before binding.
the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
the sound of such a smash.
a blow, hit, or slap.
a destructive collision, as between automobiles.
a smashed or shattered condition.
a process or state of collapse, ruin, or destruction: the total smash that another war would surely bring.
financial failure or ruin.
Informal. smash hit.
a drink made of brandy, or other liquor, with sugar, water, mint, and ice.
Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis.
an overhead or overhand stroke in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with a hard, downward motion causing it to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.
a ball hit with such a stroke.
of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
Origin of smash
1synonym study For smash
Other words for smash
Other words from smash
- smash·a·ble, adjective
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How to use smash in a sentence
Daryl, insulted, smashes it to bits and finds her moonshine instead.
The Walking Dead’s Killer Diva Emily Kinney on Daryl and ‘Expired Love’ | Melissa Leon | March 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen it goes by my shoulder, smashes against the wall with this tremendous crash.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull | Mark Jacobson | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat makes the pain bearable is a memory of Robin, at lunch, when she suddenly smashes a lemon meringue pie into her own face.
Like the scene in The Avengers where the Hulk smashes Loki repeatedly, Krrish pummels Kaal.
Krrish 3 Review: What the Bollywood Movie Steals From Superhero Films | Sujay Kumar | November 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTUgh, that scene where she puts the block of wood in between his ankles and just smashes them with a sledgehammer … Ugh.
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It's quite true the land can't run away, but there are always rows and revolutions and smashes going on; you can't trust anybody.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsIt comes with the onset of a "bergy-bit" which smashes the martingale as it plunges into a deep trough.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonIt is making a drawing-room pet of a tiger; every step he takes upsets a vase or smashes a jar.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) | Charles James LeverHardly is the ship in deep water before the lady's servants are stabbed in their sleep and Lee smashes in the door of her cabin.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete | Charles M. SkinnerAt last Siegfried, impatient to go on, smashes the Spear and ascends the path to where we see the distant glow of the flames.
Richard Wagner | John F. Runciman
British Dictionary definitions for smash
/ (smæʃ) /
to break into pieces violently and usually noisily
(when intr, foll by against, through, into, etc) to throw or crash (against) vigorously, causing shattering: he smashed the equipment; it smashed against the wall
(tr) to hit forcefully and suddenly
(tr) tennis squash badminton to hit (the ball) fast and powerfully, esp with an overhead stroke
(tr) to defeat or wreck (persons, theories, etc)
(tr) to make bankrupt
(intr) to collide violently; crash
(intr often foll by up) to go bankrupt
smash someone's face in informal to beat someone severely
an act, instance, or sound of smashing or the state of being smashed
a violent collision, esp of vehicles
a total failure or collapse, as of a business
tennis squash badminton a fast and powerful overhead stroke
informal
something having popular success
(in combination): smash-hit
slang loose change; coins
with a smash
Origin of smash
1- See also smash-up
Derived forms of smash
- smashable, adjective
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