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Adjective: smashing sma-shing- Very good
"you look simply smashing"; - bang-up, bully, corking [Brit, informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, grouse [Austral, NZ], ripper [Austral], lovely Noun: smashing sma-shing- The act of breaking something into small pieces
- shattering Verb: smash smash- Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
"Smash a plate"; - dash - Hit hard
"He smashed a 3-run homer"; - nail, boom, blast - Reduce to bankruptcy
"The slump in the financial markets smashed him"; - bankrupt, ruin, break - Hit violently
"She smashed her car against the guard rail" - Humiliate or depress completely
"The death of her son smashed her"; - crush, demolish - Damage or destroy as if by violence
"The teenager smashed the car of his mother"; - bang up, smash up - Hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- Collide or strike violently and suddenly
"The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail" - Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
"The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off" - Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
"The window smashed"
See also: good Type of: abase, break, breakage, breaking, chagrin, clash, collide, come apart, damage, demolish, destroy, fall apart, hit, humble, humiliate, impoverish, mortify, separate, spifflicate, spiflicate, split up, strike Encyclopedia: Smashing Smash |