English Dictionary
Definition of “smash”
smash (smæʃ
)
Definitions
verb
- to break into pieces violently and usually noisily
- intr, foll by against, through, into, etc to throw or crash (against) vigorously, causing shattering ⇒
he smashed the equipment
it smashed against the wall
- (tr) to hit forcefully and suddenly
- (tr) tennis squash badminton to hit (the ball) fast and powerfully, esp with an overhead stroke
- (tr) to defeat or wreck (persons, theories, etc)
- (tr) to make bankrupt
- (intr) to collide violently; crash
- (intr) up to go bankrupt
- See smash someone's face in
noun
- an act, instance, or sound of smashing or the state of being smashed
- a violent collision, esp of vehicles
- a total failure or collapse, as of a business
- tennis squash badminton a fast and powerful overhead stroke
- informal
- something having popular success
- ((in combination) ⇒
smash-hit
- slang loose change; coins
Alternative Forms
ˈsmashable adjective Word Origin
C18: probably from sm(ack² + m)ash
Synonyms
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crash,
smashing,
clatter,
clash,
bang,
thunder,
racket,
din,
clattering,
clang,
Translations
- British English:
smash
If something smashes, or if you smash it, it breaks into many pieces, for example when it is hit or dropped.Two or three glasses fell and smashed into pieces.smæʃ VERB Two or three glasses fell and smashed into pieces.
- Spanish:
destrozar
v
- French:
briser
vt
- German:
zertrümmern
v
- Chinese: 粉碎 vt
- Arabic: يُهَشِّمُ vt
- Portuguese: despedaçar vt
- Russian: разбивать vt
- Croatian: razbiti v
- Czech: rozbít v rozbíjet
- Danish: smadre v
- Dutch: vernielen vt
- Finnish: särkeä v
- Greek: θρυμματίζω v
- Italian: distruggere v
- Japanese: 打ち砕く v
- Korean: ...을 산산이 부수다 vt
- Norwegian: knuse v
- Polish: rozbić vt rozbijać
- Brazilian Portuguese: despedaçar vt
- European Spanish:
destrozar
v
- Swedish: slå sönder vt
- Thai: ทำให้แตกเป็นเสี่ยงๆ vt
- Turkish: paramparça etmek vt
- Vietnamese: đạp tan ra từng mảnh v
Usage examples
Suddenly, with the force of a speeding automobile colliding with a tree, I felt myself smash against a boulder.
Tapply, William G, Follow the Sharks (1986)Most debris from this smash is expected to take about 30 million years to reach Earth.
New Scientist (2004)Britain and the United States are training Afghan forces to destroy crops, smash laboratories and arrest top smugglers.
canada.com (2004)Personally I can't look at a Charles Rennie Mackintosh mug without wanting to smash it.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Another had found safety in the hotel and the crowd was trying to smash the doors.
De Jong, Nicholas (ed), Bedside Guardian 38 (1989)
