What is the meaning of smashing?

noun

  • The act of breaking something into small pieces.

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"
  • 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.
  • Collide or strike violently and suddenly.
    • usage: "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
  • Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful. )
    • usage: "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"
  • Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow.
    • usage: "The window smashed"

adjective

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APAWordNet. (2010). smashing. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/smashing/definitions/1183794
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "smashing" http://smartdefine.org/smashing/definitions/1183794 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, smashing, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/smashing/definitions/1183794>.
MLAWordNet. "smashing" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/smashing/definitions/1183794>
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