| ADVERB | all | smash, smashingly | with a loud crash |
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| NOUN | event | smash, knock, bash, bang, belt | a vigorous blow |
| event | smash, smash-up | a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) | |
| act | smash, overhead | a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head | |
| act | smash, crash | the act of colliding with something | |
| act | smash, hit, smasher, strike, bang | a conspicuous success | |
| VERB | contact | smash, nail, boom, blast | hit hard |
| change | smash, dash | break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over | |
| possession | smash, bankrupt, ruin, break | reduce to bankruptcy | |
| motion | smash | hit violently | |
| emotion | smash, crush, demolish | humiliate or depress completely | |
| contact | smash, bang up, smash up | damage or destroy as if by violence | |
| contact | smash | hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke | |
| contact | smash | collide or strike violently and suddenly | |
| competition | smash | overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful) | |
| change | smash | break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow |
| Sounds | smae'sh | |
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| Rhymes | abash ... whiplash: 38 rhymes with aesh... | |
| Meaning | A vigorous blow. | |
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| Synonyms | knock, bash, bang, belt | |
| Broader | blow, bump | An impact (as from a collision) |
| Catalan | llet | |
| Spanish | leche | |
| Verbs | smash | break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over |
| smash | hit hard | |
| smash | damage or destroy as if by violence | |
| Meaning | A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles). | |
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| Synonym | smash-up | |
| Category | motor vehicle, automotive vehicle | A self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
| Broader | collision | An accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object |
| Verbs | smash | collide or strike violently and suddenly |
| Meaning | A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head. | |
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| Synonym | overhead | |
| Broader | return | A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player |
| Verbs | smash | hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke |
| Meaning | The act of colliding with something. | |
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| Example | "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" | |
| Synonym | crash | |
| Narrower | impingement, impaction | A sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something |
| Broader | hit, hitting, striking | The act of contacting one thing with another |
| Catalan | xoc | |
| Spanish | choque | |
| Meaning | A conspicuous success. | |
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| Example | "that new Broadway show is a real smasher" | |
| Synonyms | hit, smasher, strike, bang | |
| Narrower | blockbuster, megahit, smash hit | An unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) |
| sleeper | An unexpected hit | |
| Broader | success | An attainment that is successful |
| Catalan | cop, èxit, xoc | |
| Meaning | With a loud crash. | |
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| Example | "the car went smash through the fence" | |
| Synonym | smashingly | |
| Meaning | hit hard. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He smashed a 3-run homer" | |
| Synonyms | nail, boom, blast | |
| Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
| Catalan | aixafar | |
| Spanish | aplastar | |
| Nouns | smash | a vigorous blow |
| smasher | a person who smashes / smashes / smashes something | |
| Meaning | break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They smash the glass tubes | |
| Example | "Smash a plate" | |
| Synonym | dash | |
| Narrower | blast, knock down | Shatter as if by explosion |
| Broader | break | Destroy the integrity of |
| Similar to | smash | break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow |
| Catalan | trencar | |
| Spanish | quebrar, romper | |
| Nouns | smash | a vigorous blow |
| smasher | a person who smashes / smashes / smashes something | |
| smashing | the act of breaking something into small pieces | |
| Meaning | Reduce to bankruptcy. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" | |
| Synonyms | bankrupt, ruin, break | |
| Broader | impoverish | make poor |
| Catalan | arruïnar | |
| Spanish | arruinar | |
| Meaning | hit violently. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "She smashed her car against the guard rail" | |
| Broader | hit, strike | Drive something violently into a location |
| Meaning | humiliate or depress completely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The death of her son smashed her" | |
| Synonyms | crush, demolish | |
| Broader | humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase | Cause to feel shame |
| Meaning | damage or destroy as if by violence. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | bang up, smash up | |
| Broader | damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
| Catalan | destrossar, trencar | |
| Spanish | destrozar, quebrar | |
| Nouns | smash | a vigorous blow |
| smasher | a person who smashes / smashes / smashes something | |
| Meaning | hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | hit | Cause to move by striking |
| Nouns | smash | a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head |
| Meaning | collide or strike violently and suddenly. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail" | |
| Broader | collide, clash | crash together with violent impact |
| Nouns | smash | a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) |
| Meaning | overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off" | |
| Broader | demolish, destroy | defeat soundly |
| Meaning | break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The window smashed" | |
| Broader | break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart | Become separated / separated into pieces or fragments |
| Similar to | smash, dash | break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over |