smashing

[smash-ing]

adjective

1. impressive or wonderful.

   a smashing display.

2. crushing or devastating.

   a smashing defeat.

smashing

/ ˈsmæʃɪŋ /

adjective

1. informal,  excellent or first-rate; wonderful

   we had a smashing time

Other Word Forms

• smashingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of smashing¹

First recorded in 1825–35; smash + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Service personnel were thrown from their horses and the animals ran loose, smashing into vehicles, including a double-decker bus, resulting in a number of injuries.

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He has an incredibly advanced laser-fueled 3-D printer, but deploys it like a hyperactive toddler smashing toy soldiers together.

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Safe to say, that goal is off to a smashing start.

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American Bryson DeChambeau gave a glimpse of perhaps what might follow as he indulged the fans who wanted to see him reach the green 397 yards away, by smashing half a dozen tee shots.

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“When I was smashing my guitars, we liked to pretend that everything was catching fire, so Bob Pridden, our road manager and sound man, would set off smoke bombs,” Townshend says.

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