'Smash' definitions:
Definition of 'smash'
(from WordNet)
adverb
With a loud crash; "the car went smash through the fence" [syn: smash, smashingly]
noun
A vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: knock, bash, bang, smash, belt]
noun
A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) [syn: smash, smash-up]
noun
A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head [syn: overhead, smash]
noun
The act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" [syn: crash, smash]
noun
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" [syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang]
verb
verb
Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate" [syn: smash, dash]
verb
Reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" [syn: bankrupt, ruin, break, smash]
verb
Hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
verb
Humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" [syn: crush, smash, demolish]
verb
Damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother" [syn: bang up, smash up, smash]
verb
Hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
verb
Collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
verb
Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful); "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"
verb
Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"
Definition of 'Smash'
From: GCIDE
- Smash \Smash\ (sm[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smashed (sm[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Smashing.] [Cf. Sw. smisk a blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap.]
- 1. To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. [1913 Webster]
- Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Lawn Tennis) To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Smash'
From: GCIDE
- Smash \Smash\, v. i. To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Smash'
From: GCIDE
- Smash \Smash\, n.
- 1. A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, bankruptcy. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'smash'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- accident,
- annihilate,
- appulse,
- asphyxiate,
- atomize,
- bang,
- bang into,
- bash,
- bastinado,
- bat,
- be poised,
- bear market,
- bearish market,
- beat,
- beat down,
- beating,
- belt,
- bend,
- best seller,
- biff,
- big hit,
- billow,
- blast,
- blow,
- blow down,
- bonk,
- boom,
- bottle up,
- bray,
- break,
- break down,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- breakdown,
- breaking up,
- breakup,
- brecciate,
- brilliant success,
- bring down,
- brunt,
- bulldoze,
- bulldozing,
- bulling,
- bump,
- bump into,
- burn down,
- burst,
- butter,
- calamity,
- cannon,
- carambole,
- carom,
- carom into,
- cast down,
- casualty,
- cataclysm,
- cataplasm,
- catastrophe,
- cave,
- cave-in,
- censor,
- chew,
- choke off,
- chop,
- chop down,
- clamp down on,
- clap,
- clash,
- cleave,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- clump,
- collapse,
- collide,
- collision,
- comb,
- come into collision,
- comedown,
- comminute,
- concuss,
- concussion,
- confront each other,
- conquer,
- conquering,
- conquest,
- contretemps,
- contriturate,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack,
- crack down on,
- crack up,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- crash into,
- cropper,
- crumb,
- crumble,
- crump,
- crunch,
- crush,
- cushion,
- cut,
- cut down,
- cut to pieces,
- damp down,
- dash,
- dash into,
- deathblow,
- debacle,
- decimate,
- declining market,
- defeat,
- deflation,
- demolish,
- dental pulp,
- destruction,
- diffuse,
- dig,
- dint,
- disassemble,
- disaster,
- disintegrate,
- dismantle,
- disperse,
- disrupt,
- downfall,
- drown,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drumming,
- ease,
- ebb and flow,
- encounter,
- extinguish,
- fad,
- failure,
- fall,
- fall foul of,
- fell,
- fission,
- flatten,
- flour,
- fluff,
- foul,
- fragment,
- fusillade,
- gag,
- gas,
- gasser,
- gentle,
- grain,
- granulate,
- granulize,
- grate,
- great success,
- grief,
- grind,
- grind to powder,
- hammering,
- heave,
- hiding,
- hit,
- hit against,
- hold down,
- humble,
- hurt,
- hurtle,
- ill hap,
- impact,
- impinge,
- impingement,
- jab,
- jar,
- jolt,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- killing,
- knead,
- knock,
- knock against,
- knock down,
- knock over,
- knockout,
- lambasting,
- lathering,
- laxate,
- level,
- levigate,
- lick,
- licking,
- lift,
- limber,
- limber up,
- loosen,
- macerate,
- make mincemeat of,
- mash,
- massage,
- master,
- mastery,
- masticate,
- mauling,
- meet,
- meeting,
- mellow,
- meteoric success,
- milden,
- mill,
- mince,
- misadventure,
- mischance,
- misfortune,
- mishap,
- mollify,
- momentary success,
- mow down,
- mush,
- muzzle,
- nasty blow,
- nose dive,
- off market,
- onslaught,
- overcoming,
- override,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- paper pulp,
- pash,
- paste,
- peak,
- pelf,
- pelt,
- percuss,
- percussion,
- pestle,
- pick to pieces,
- pileup,
- pith,
- plaster,
- plump,
- plunk,
- poke,
- popple,
- porridge,
- poultice,
- pound,
- pour water on,
- powder,
- pratfall,
- prostrate,
- pudding,
- pull down,
- pull in pieces,
- pull to pieces,
- pulp,
- pulp lead,
- pulpify,
- pulpwood,
- pulverize,
- punch,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- quietus,
- rag pulp,
- ramming,
- rap,
- rase,
- raze,
- reduce,
- reduce to powder,
- reduce to rubble,
- relax,
- rend,
- repercussion,
- repress,
- resounding triumph,
- retreating market,
- rhino,
- ride down,
- riot,
- rise,
- rise and fall,
- rive,
- roaring success,
- rocks,
- roll,
- ruin,
- run into,
- sag,
- sagging market,
- sauce,
- scatter,
- scend,
- scratch,
- scrunch,
- send,
- sensation,
- shake up,
- shard,
- shatter,
- shekels,
- shipwreck,
- shiver,
- shock,
- shred,
- shut down on,
- sideswipe,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slam,
- slam into,
- sledgehammering,
- slog,
- slug,
- slump,
- smack,
- smack into,
- smash hit,
- smash into,
- smash up,
- smash-up,
- smashing,
- smashup,
- smatter,
- smother,
- sock,
- soft market,
- soften,
- soften up,
- splinter,
- split,
- sponge,
- squash,
- squelch,
- squish,
- staggering blow,
- stanch,
- steamroller,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- strike,
- strike against,
- stroke,
- stuff,
- stultify,
- stumble,
- stumpy,
- subdual,
- subdue,
- subduing,
- subjugate,
- subjugation,
- successful,
- suffocate,
- sugar,
- sulfate pulp,
- sulfite pulp,
- sunder,
- supple,
- suppress,
- surge,
- swat,
- swell,
- swing,
- swipe,
- tailspin,
- take apart,
- take down,
- tattoo,
- tear apart,
- tear down,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to shreds,
- tear to tatters,
- tenderize,
- thrashing,
- throttle,
- throw down,
- thrusting,
- thump,
- thwack,
- tone down,
- toss,
- total,
- total loss,
- tragedy,
- trample down,
- trample underfoot,
- tread underfoot,
- trimming,
- triturate,
- triumph,
- trouncing,
- tumble,
- tune down,
- unbuild,
- undo,
- undoing,
- undulate,
- unmake,
- vanquish,
- vanquishment,
- wallop,
- wampum,
- washout,
- Waterloo,
- wave,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whipping,
- white lead,
- whomp,
- whop,
- wood pulp,
- wow,
- wrack,
- wrack up,
- wreck,
- yerk