smash
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
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Britannica Dictionary definition of SMASH
1
:
to break (something) into many pieces
:
to shatter or destroy (something)
[+ object]
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He smashed the vase with a hammer.
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The ball smashed the window.
[no object]
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The vase fell and smashed to pieces.
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The window smashed [=shattered] when the baseball hit it.
2
a
:
to hit (something) violently and very hard
[+ object]
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She smashed [=crushed] her finger in the door.
[no object]
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He smashed into the wall.
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The car smashed [=crashed] into the rail.
b
[+ object]
:
to hit (a ball) downward and very hard in tennis and other games
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She smashed the ball deep into the opposite corner.
3
[+ object]
:
to destroy or beat (someone or something) easily or completely
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We smashed our opponents.
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He smashed the world record. [=he broke the world record by a large amount]
4
[+ object]
:
to crash (a vehicle)
— often + up in U.S. English
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He smashed his car.
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She smashed up her new car.
smash down
[phrasal verb]
smash (something) down
or
smash down (something)
:
to hit (something) hard so that it breaks and falls down
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Police smashed down the door.
smash in
[phrasal verb]
smash (something) in
or
smash in (something)
:
to hit (something) hard so that you break it or make a hole in it
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I smashed in the window.
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I was so mad I felt like smashing his face in.
smash up
[phrasal verb]
smash (something) up
or
smash up (something)
:
to break and destroy (something) in a deliberate way
—
see also 1smash 4 (above), smashup
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Vandals broke in and smashed the place up.
— smasher
noun, plural smashers [count]
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smash
/ˈsmæʃ/
noun
plural
smashes
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smash
/ˈsmæʃ/
noun
plural
smashes
Britannica Dictionary definition of SMASH
[count]
1
:
someone or something that is very successful or popular
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The new movie is a smash.
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She was a smash at the party.
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His new song promises to be a smash hit.
2
:
the sound made when something hits a surface very violently
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The vase fell to the ground with a loud smash.
3
:
a hard downward hit in tennis or other games
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She hit an overhand smash that won the match.
