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| Back | smash verb, noun BrE /smæʃ/ NAmE /smæʃ/ verb verb forms word origin thesaurus synonyms example bank break 1 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) to break sth, or to be broken, violently and noisily into many pieces Several windows had been smashed. He smashed the radio to pieces. The glass bowl smashed into a thousand pieces. hit very hard 2 [intransitive, transitive] to move with a lot of force against sth solid; to make sth do this + adv./prep. the sound of waves smashing against the rocks The car smashed into a tree. ~ sth + adv./prep. Mark smashed his fist down on the desk. 3 [transitive, intransitive] to hit sth very hard and break it, in order to get through it ~ sth + adv./prep. They had to smash holes in the ice. The elephant smashed its way through the trees. ~ sth + adj. We had to smash the door open. + adv./prep. They had smashed through a glass door to get in. 4 [transitive] ~ sth/sb (+ adv./prep.) to hit sth/sb very hard slam He smashed the ball into the goal. destroy/defeat 5 [transitive] ~ sth/sb to destroy, defeat or put an end to sth/sb Police say they have smashed a major drugs ring. She has smashed the world record (= broken it by a large amount). crash vehicle 6 [transitive] ~ sth (up) to crash a vehicle He's smashed (up) his new car. in tennis, etc. 7 [transitive] ~ sth to hit a high ball downwards and very hard over the net ˌsmash sthˈdown to make sth fall down by hitting it hard and breaking it The police had to smash the door down. ˌsmash sthˈin to make a hole in sth by hitting it with a lot of force Vandals had smashed the door in. (informal) I wanted to smash his face in (= hit him hard in the face). ˌsmash sthˈup to destroy sth deliberately Youths had broken into the bar and smashed the place up. The phone both had been completely smashed up. noun word origin example bank act of breaking 1 [singular] an act of breaking sth noisily into pieces; the sound this makes The cup hit the floor with a smash. vehicle crash 2 [countable] (BrE) an accident in which a vehicle hits another vehicle a car smash in tennis, etc. 3 [countable] a way of hitting the ball downwards and very hard song/movie/play 4 (also ˌsmash ˈhit) [countable] a song, film/movie or play that is very popular her latest chart smash |
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