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smithereens
[smith-uh-reenz]
plural noun
small pieces; bits.
broken into smithereens.
smithereens
/ ˌɪðəˈːԳ /
plural noun
little shattered pieces or fragments
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of smithereens1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of smithereens1
Example Sentences
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.
Inexplicably, it was Trump, who blew this long-lasting arrangement to smithereens.
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.
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.
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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