- smash, smashingly - with a loud crash; "the car went smash through the fence"
- knock, bash, bang, smash, belt - a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
--1 is a kind of bump, blow
Derived forms: verb smash6, verb smash2, verb smash1 - smash, smash-up - a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
--2 is a kind of collision
Derived form: verb smash8 - overhead, smash - a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
--3 is a kind of return
Derived form: verb smash7 - crash, smash - the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
--4 is a kind of hit, hitting, striking
--4 has particulars: impingement, impaction - hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang - a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
--5 is a kind of success
--5 has particulars: blockbuster, megahit, smash hit; sleeper
- smash, nail, boom, blast - hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
--1 is one way to hit
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun smash1, noun smasher1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- smash, dash - break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
--2 is one way to break
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun smash1, noun smasher1, noun smashing1
They smash the glass tubes
- bankrupt, ruin, break, smash - reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
--3 is one way to impoverish
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- smash - hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
--4 is one way to hit, strike
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Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- crush, smash, demolish - humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
--5 is one way to humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- bang up, smash up, smash - damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
--6 is one way to damage
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun smash1, noun smasher1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- smash - hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
--7 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun smash3
Somebody ----s something
- smash - collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
--8 is one way to collide, clash
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun smash2
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- smash - overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful); "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"
--9 is one way to demolish, destroy
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- smash - break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"
--10 is one way to break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
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Something ----s
- crush, smash, demolish - humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"