- present participle of smash.
smashing
Americanadjective
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impressive or wonderful.
a smashing display.
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crushing or devastating.
a smashing defeat.
adjective
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Origin of smashing
Example Sentences
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Camarillo should reach 105 degrees and Oxnard 90 degrees, both smashing records of 86 set in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The video parodied extreme practices associated with the trend, like “bone smashing for facial symmetry,” before promoting lotion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"He's absolutely smashing it," influencer and former reality show star Georgia Harrison, who has 1.3 million followers on Instagram, told Times Radio.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Grković said it seemed like part of the plane's engine had broken off, smashing the window next to her husband and causing decompression in the cabin.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
All day the icicles fell one by one from the eaves with soft smashing and crackling sounds in the snowbanks beneath.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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