noun
- The act of breaking something into small pieces.
- synonyms: shattering
verb
- Hit hard.
- usage: "He smashed a 3-run homer"
- Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over.
- usage: "Smash a plate"
- Reduce to bankruptcy.
- usage: "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
- Hit violently.
- usage: "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
- synonyms: smash
- Humiliate or depress completely.
- usage: "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
- Damage or destroy as if by violence.
- usage: "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
- Hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke.
- synonyms: smash
- Collide or strike violently and suddenly.
- usage: "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
- synonyms: smash
- Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful. )
- usage: "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"
- synonyms: smash
- Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow.
- usage: "The window smashed"
- synonyms: smash
adjective
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