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smash
(sm/&//S/ )

noun (n)

  • a vigorous blow(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    bang, bash, belt, knock
    source: wordnet30
  • a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    smash-up
    source: wordnet30
  • a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    overhead
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of colliding with something(noun.act)
    Example:
    The fullback's smash into the defensive line.
    Synonym:
    crash
    source: wordnet30
  • a conspicuous success(noun.act)
    Example:
    That new Broadway show is a real smasher.
    Synonym:
    bang, hit, smasher, strike
    source: wordnet30
  • A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • with a loud crash(adv.all)
    Example:
    The car went smash through the fence.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • hit hard(verb.contact)
    Example:
    He smashed a 3-run homer.
    Synonym:
    bash, blast, bonk, boom, bop, nail, sock, wallop, whack, wham, whap, whop, whop
    source: wordnet30
  • break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over(verb.change)
    Example:
    Smash a plate.
    Synonym:
    dash
    source: wordnet30
  • reduce to bankruptcy(verb.possession)
    Example:
    The slump in the financial markets smashed him.
    Synonym:
    bankrupt, break, ruin
    source: wordnet30
  • hit violently(verb.motion)
    Example:
    She smashed her car against the guard rail.
    source: wordnet30
  • humiliate or depress completely(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    The death of her son smashed her.
    Synonym:
    crush, demolish
    source: wordnet30
  • damage or destroy as if by violence(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    bang up, smash up
    source: wordnet30
  • hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • collide or strike violently and suddenly(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail.
    source: wordnet30
  • overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)(verb.competition)
    Example:
    The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off.
    source: wordnet30
  • break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow(verb.change)
    Example:
    The window smashed.
    source: wordnet30
  • To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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