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smithereens

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[smith-uh-reenz]

plural noun

  1. small pieces; bits.

    broken into smithereens.



smithereens

/ ˌɪðəˈːԳ /

plural noun

  1. little shattered pieces or fragments

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of smithereens1

1820–30; dial. smithers (< ?) + Hiberno-English -een diminutive suffix (< Irish )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of smithereens1

C19: from Irish Gaelic 徱ī, from smiodar
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It’s not that my expectations for Donner’s first “Superman” were surpassed all those years ago; it’s that they were shattered to smithereens.

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Inexplicably, it was Trump, who blew this long-lasting arrangement to smithereens.

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Meanwhile, Musk has been watching his personal fortune shrink by the day and his reputation be blown to smithereens like one of his failed starship rockets.

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Ferran’s ragged butterfly Blanche looks at first glance as if she might be blown to smithereens with one gust of Stanley’s ferocious lung power.

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We do, however, recognize something new and important, and we need to trust it, not blast it to smithereens, leaving us more shaken than stirred.

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