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smash

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: smash

1
 vnadv
hit violently
the act of colliding with something
with a loud crash
2
 vn
hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
3
 v
humiliate or depress completely
4
 v
reduce to bankruptcy
5
 n
a conspicuous success
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: smash
1

v hit violently

“She smashed her car against the guard rail”
Type of:
hit, strike
drive something violently into a location

v hit hard

“He smashed a 3-run homer”
Synonyms:
blast, boom, nail
Type of:
hit
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

v collide or strike violently and suddenly

“The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail”
Type of:
clash, collide
crash together with violent impact

v break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

“Smash a plate”
Synonyms:
dash
Types:
blast, knock down
shatter as if by explosion
Type of:
break
destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

v break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow

“The window smashed”
Synonyms
dash
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
Type of:
break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up
become separated into pieces or fragments

v damage or destroy as if by violence

Synonyms:
bang up, smash up
Type of:
damage
inflict damage upon

v overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)

“The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off”
Type of:
demolish, destroy
defeat soundly

n the act of colliding with something

“the fullback's smash into the defensive line”
Synonyms:
crash
Types:
impaction, impingement
a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
Type of:
hit, hitting, striking
the act of contacting one thing with another

n a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

Synonyms:
smash-up
Type of:
collision
an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object

n a vigorous blow

Synonyms:
bang, bash, belt, knock
Type of:
blow, bump
an impact (as from a collision)

adv with a loud crash

“the car went smash through the fence”
Synonyms:
smashingly
2

v hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

Type of:
hit
cause to move by striking

n a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

Synonyms:
overhead
Type of:
return
a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
3

v humiliate or depress completely

“The death of her son smashed her”
Synonyms:
crush, demolish
Type of:
abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
4

v reduce to bankruptcy

“The slump in the financial markets smashed him”
Synonyms:
bankrupt, break, ruin
Type of:
impoverish
make poor
5

n a conspicuous success

Synonyms:
bang, hit, smasher, strike
Types:
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
Type of:
success
an attainment that is successful
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