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Definition of 'smash'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) smash
to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter.

2.  smash
to destroy or defeat completely; crush; ruin.

3.  smash
to hit or strike with force.

4.  smash
(in racket sports) to hit (a ball or shuttlecock) with a powerful, downward overhand stroke.

5. (v.i.) smash
to break to pieces from a violent blow or collision.

6.  smash
to dash with a shattering or crushing force or with great violence; crash (usu. fol. by against, into, through, etc.).

7.  smash
to be completely destroyed, defeated, or ruined.

8. (n.) smash
an act or instance of smashing or shattering.

9.  smash
the sound of such a smash.

10.  smash
a blow, hit, or slap.

11.  smash
a destructive collision, as between automobiles.

12.  smash
a smashed or shattered condition.

13.  smash
a process or state of collapse, ruin, or destruction.

14.  smash
financial failure or ruin.

15.  smash
Informal. something achieving great success; hit.

16.  smash
a drink made of brandy or other liquor, with sugar, water, mint, and ice.

17.  smash
(in racket sports) a powerful, downward overhand stroke, or the ball or shuttlecock hit with such a stroke.

Definition of 'smash'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) 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"

2. (noun) smash, smash-up
a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

3. (noun) overhead, smash
a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

4. (noun) crash, smash
the act of colliding with something
"his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"

5. (verb) 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"

6. (verb) smash, nail, boom, blast
hit hard
"He smashed a 3-run homer"

7. (verb) smash, dash
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
"Smash a plate"

8. (verb) 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"

9. (verb) smash
hit violently
"She smashed her car against the guard rail"

10. (verb) crush, smash, demolish
humiliate or depress completely
"She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

11. (verb) bang up, smash up, smash
damage or destroy as if by violence
"The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

12. (verb) smash
hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

13. (verb) smash
collide or strike violently and suddenly
"The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"

14. (verb) smash
overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
"The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"

15. (adverb) smash
break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
"The window smashed"

16. (adverb) smash, smashingly
with a loud crash
"the car went smash through the fence"

Definition of 'smash'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) smash
to break into many small pieces
the sound of glass smashing; He smashed the window with a hammer.

2. smash
to bang into very hard
huge waves smashing into the rocks; I smashed my finger in the car door.

3. smash
to very easily beat or destroy
He smashed the world record.

Definition of 'smash'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) smash
a breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck

2. (noun) smash
hence, bankruptcy

3. (verb) smash
to break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush

4. (verb) smash
to break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure

Translation of 'smash'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (sometimes withup) to (cause to) break in pieces or be ruined The plate dropped on the floor and smashed into little pieces; This unexpected news had smashed all his hopes; He had an accident and smashed up his car.
Afrikaans: in stukke breek, vernieti	Arabic: يُهَشِّم	Bulgarian: разбивам (се)
Brazilian: esmagar(-se)	Czech: rozbít (se)	German: zertrümmern
Danish: knuse; smadre	Greek: συντρίβω, κάνω κομμάτια,	Spanish: romper, quebrar, hacer pe
Estonian: purunema, purustama	Farsi: خورد شدن	Finnish: pirstoutua
French: casser, briser	Hebrew: לְנַפֵּץ	Hindi: तोड़ना, टुकड़े-टुकड़े करन
Croatian: razlupati, skršiti	Hungarian: összetör(ik)	Indonesian: memecahkan
Icelandic: mölva; brotna í smátt	Italian: frantumare, fracassare	Japanese: こなごなにする
Korean: 산산이 수수다	Lithuanian: sudužti, sudaužyti	Latvian: sasist/sašķīst gabalos; i
Malay: memecahkan	Dutch: breken	Norwegian: knuse, smadre
Polish: rozbijać (się)	Persian: خورد شدن	Pashto: ټوټې ټوټې كېدل: په زور لګ
Portuguese: esmagar(-se)	Romanian: a sparge, a zdrobi	Russian: разбить(ся) вдребезги
Slovak: rozbiť (sa)	Slovenian: razbiti (se)	Serbian: smrskati
Swedish: slå (gå) sönder, krossa,	Thai: แตกเป็นเสี่ยง ๆ	Turkish: parça parça olmak/etmek
Taiwanese: 打碎，毀壞	Ukrainian: розбивати(ся) вщент	Urdu: ٹکڑے ٹکڑے کرنا، برباد کرن
Vietnamese: đập tan thành từng mảnh	Chinese: 打碎，毁坏
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