smashing
/ˈsmæʃɪŋ/ noun C2- The breaking or destruction of (something brittle) in a violent manner. · Some Greek dance is traditionally accompanied by the smashing of crockery.
- The destruction or disintegration of something by being smashed.
- The hitting of something extremely hard.
- The complete and sudden ruin or ruination of something.
- An overwhelming victory or success.
- The deformation of something through continuous pressure.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
Plural smashings
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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.
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