- 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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The LHC accelerates protons to tremendous energies before smashing them together.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
People are smashing Flock cameras on the street, renaming the A.I.-powered Meta Ray-Bans as “pervert glasses,” and starting widespread rumors about who is secretly using your data to train their A.I. models.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Once it was over, Sabalenka could only congratulate her at the net—before retreating to her chair and smashing her racket to pieces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Camarillo should reach 105 degrees and Oxnard 90 degrees, both smashing records of 86 set in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
He wrote home, 'I like it here very much, it is smashing here.’
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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