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smash

[smash]

verb (used with object)

  1. 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.

  2. to defeat, disappoint, or disillusion utterly.

  3. to hit or strike (someone or something) with force.

  4. to overthrow or destroy something considered as harmful.

    They smashed the drug racket.

  5. to ruin financially.

    The depression smashed him.

    Synonyms:
  6. 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.



verb (used without object)

  1. to break to pieces from a violent blow or collision.

  2. to dash with a shattering or crushing force or with great violence; crash (usually followed by against, into, through, etc.).

  3. to become financially ruined or bankrupt (often followed byup ).

  4. to flatten and compress the signatures of a book in a press before binding.

noun

  1. the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.

    Synonyms:
  2. the sound of such a smash.

  3. a blow, hit, or slap.

  4. a destructive collision, as between automobiles.

  5. a smashed or shattered condition.

  6. a process or state of collapse, ruin, or destruction.

    the total smash that another war would surely bring.

  7. financial failure or ruin.

  8. Informal.smash hit.

  9. a drink made of brandy, or other liquor, with sugar, water, mint, and ice.

  10. Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis.

    1. 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.

    2. a ball hit with such a stroke.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or constituting a great success.

    That composer has written many smash tunes.

smash

/ æʃ /

verb

  1. to break into pieces violently and usually noisily

  2. to throw or crash (against) vigorously, causing shattering

    he smashed the equipment

    it smashed against the wall

  3. (tr) to hit forcefully and suddenly

  4. (tr) tennis squash badminton to hit (the ball) fast and powerfully, esp with an overhead stroke

  5. (tr) to defeat or wreck (persons, theories, etc)

  6. (tr) to make bankrupt

  7. (intr) to collide violently; crash

  8. to go bankrupt

  9. informalto beat someone severely

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an act, instance, or sound of smashing or the state of being smashed

  2. a violent collision, esp of vehicles

  3. a total failure or collapse, as of a business

  4. tennis squash badminton a fast and powerful overhead stroke

  5. informal

    1. something having popular success

    2. ( in combination )

      smash-hit

  6. slangloose change; coins

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. with a smash

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • smashable adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of smash1

1690–1700; perhaps blend of smack 2 and mash 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of smash1

C18: probably from sm ( ack ² + m ) ash
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Synonym Study

See break.
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He then used a long wooden pole to smash the van's windows.

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Two weeks ago, vandals threw bricks through the front office window, smashing a few items inside.

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The first single, titled “Surfin’” and released on a small independent label, was a smash in Southern California and attracted enough national attention for Capitol Records to sign the band.

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Our friendly but grumpy banana-crazed ape can essentially power his way through the world, stomping and smashing new pathways to make this a game about exploration as much as it is any challenges.

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To longtime fans of Escola’s like myself, the show’s smash success is more of a reason to shed a tear than it is any surprise.

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