- ˌsmash sth ˈup
- phrasal verb
spokento destroy something completely by violently breaking it into many piecesShe got angry and started smashing things up.[/ex]
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ˌsmash sth ˈup
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smash something down — ˌsmash sthˈdown derived to make sth fall down by hitting it hard and breaking it • The police had to smash the door down. Main entry: ↑smashderived … Useful english dictionary
smash something in — ˌsmash sthˈin derived to make a hole in sth by hitting it with a lot of force • Vandals had smashed the door in. • (informal) I wanted to smash his face in (= hit him hard in the face) … Useful english dictionary
smash something up — ˌsmash sthˈup derived to destroy sth deliberately • Youths had broken into the bar and smashed the place up. • The phone both had been completely smashed up. Main entry: ↑smashderived … Useful english dictionary
smash — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to break into many small pieces violently or noisily, or to make something do this by dropping, throwing, or hitting it: I dropped the plate and it smashed. | He used a chair to smash the window. 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
smash — smash1 [smæʃ] v ↑calculator, ↑hammer [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from smack + mash] 1.) [I and T] to break into pieces violently or noisily, or to make something do this by dropping, throwing, or hitting it ▪ Vandals had smashed all the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
smash*/ — [smæʃ] verb I 1) [I/T] if something smashes, or if you smash it, it breaks noisily into many pieces when it falls or when you break it Someone had smashed a window.[/ex] The bottle fell and smashed on the floor.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to hit against an… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
smash something to smithereens — smash/blow/something to smithereens informal phrase to destroy something by breaking it into very small pieces The bowl fell to the floor and was smashed to smithereens. Thesaurus: to breaksynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
piece — noun 1 separate amount; parts of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, large, long ▪ little, short, small, tiny ▪ … Collocations dictionary
fist — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ balled (esp. AmE), clenched, closed, tight ▪ loose ▪ little, small, tiny … Collocations dictionary
vandal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ teenage, young ▪ mindless ▪ graffiti (esp. BrE) ▪ young graffiti vandals who blight the city with their scrawls VERB + VANDAL … Collocations dictionary
