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smashing

/ˈsmæʃɪŋ/ adjective B2
  1. Serving to smash (something). · The boxer delivered a smashing blow to his opponent's head.
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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.
The Jungle Book, p. 58 · B2

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