smash
/smæʃ/ verb B2- To break (something brittle) violently. · The demolition team smashed the buildings to rubble.· The flying rock smashed the window to pieces.
- To be destroyed by being smashed. · The crockery smashed as it hit the floor.
- To hit extremely hard. · He smashed his head against the table.· Bonds smashed the ball 467 feet, the second longest home run in the history of the park.
- To ruin completely and suddenly. · The news smashed any hopes of a reunion.
- To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over. · The Indians smashed the Yankees 22-0.· I really smashed that English exam.
- To deform through continuous pressure. · I slowly smashed the modeling clay flat with the palm of my hand.
- To have sex with. · Would you smash her?
He/she/it smashes · Past smashed · Past participle smashed · -ing form smashing
Verb forms
- Base form
- smash
- He/she/it
- smashes
- Past
- smashed
- Past participle
- smashed
- -ing form
- smashing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He next tried to jump about his master as he had seen the Lapdog do, but he broke the table and smashed all the dishes upon it to atoms.
“I’ve never seen such injuries since the Birlstone railway smash.”
Then the Lion gathered his legs under him and jumped on the wall; but just as he jumped, he upset a china church with his tail and smashed it all to pieces.
Kaa looked carefully till he found a discolored crack in the marble tracery showing a weak spot, made two or three light taps with his head to get the distance, and then lifting up six feet of his body clear of the ground, sent home half a dozen full-power smashing blows, nose-first.
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