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Synonyms for smash
smæʃsmash

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Wiktionary1.5 / 2 votes

  1. smashverb

    Synonyms:
    crash, wallop, pound, dash, thump, trounce, shatter, slaughter, smash hit

  2. smashverb

    To break (something brittle) violently.

    I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding.

    Synonyms:
    shatter, wallop, slaughter, thump, dash, pound, trounce, smash hit, crash

  3. smashverb

    A traffic accident.

    The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash.

    Synonyms:
    slaughter, thump, pound, shatter, dash, wallop, trounce, smash hit, crash

  4. smashverb

    Something very successful.

    The news smashed any hopes of a reunion.

    Synonyms:
    dash, slaughter, pound, shatter, wallop, thump, trounce, smash hit, crash

  5. smashverb

    A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.

    A smash may not be as pretty as a good half volley, but it can still win points.

    Synonyms:
    shatter, slaughter, smash hit, trounce, thump, wallop, dash, crash, pound

  6. smashverb

    To deform through continuous pressure.

    I slowly smashed the modeling clay flat with the palm of my hand.

    Synonyms:
    shatter, thump, trounce, wallop, dash, pound, slaughter

  7. smashverb

    To be destroyed by being smashed.

    The crockery smashed as it hit the floor.

    Synonyms:
    thump, wallop, slaughter, shatter, pound, dash, trounce

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. smash

    To break is to divide sharply, with severance of particles, as by a blow or strain. To burst is to break by pressure from within, as a bombshell, but it is used also for the result of violent force otherwise exerted; as, to burst in a door, where the door yields as if to an explosion. To crush is to break by pressure from without, as an egg-shell. To crack is to break without complete severance of parts; a cracked cup or mirror may still hold together. Fracture has a somewhat similar sense. In a fractured limb, the ends of the broken bone may be separated, tho both portions are still retained within the common muscular tissue. A shattered object is broken suddenly and in numerous directions; as, a vase is shattered by a blow, a building by an earthquake. A shivered glass is broken into numerous minute, needle-like fragments. To smash is to break thoroughly to pieces with a crashing sound by some sudden act of violence; a watch once smashed will scarcely be worth repair. To split is to cause wood to crack or part in the way of the grain, and is applied to any other case where a natural tendency to separation is enforced by an external cause; as, to split a convention or a party. To demolish is to beat down, as a mound, building, fortress, etc.; to destroy is to put by any process beyond restoration physically, mentally, or morally; to destroy an army is so to shatter and scatter it that it can not be rallied or reassembled as a fighting force. Compare REND.

    Synonyms:
    bankrupt, break, burst, cashier, crack, crush, demolish, destroy, fracture, rend, rive, rupture, sever, shatter, shiver, split, sunder, transgress

    Antonyms:
    attach, bind, fasten, join, mend, secure, solder, unite, weld

    Preposition:
    Break to pieces, or in pieces, into several pieces (when the object is thought of as divided rather than shattered); break with a friend; from or away from a suppliant; break into a house; out of prison; break across one's knee; break through a hedge; break in upon one's retirement; break over the rules; break on or upon the shore, against the rocks.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. knock, bash, bang, smash, beltnoun

    a vigorous blow

    "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"

    Synonyms:
    crash, bam, swath, boot, clap, bang, fringe, strike, thrill, smasher, roast, rap, belted ammunition, belt, kick, knock, rush, flush, overhead, brawl, smash-up, belt ammunition, charge, whang, whack, hit, knocking, eruption, bash, do, blast

  2. smash, smash-upnoun

    a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

    Synonyms:
    knock, belt, strike, bang, overhead, smasher, hit, bash, crash, smash-up

  3. overhead, smashnoun

    a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

    Synonyms:
    crash, command overhead, operating cost, bang, operating expense, strike, viewgraph, command processing overhead, smash-up, belt, knock, smasher, overhead, budget items, command processing overhead time, hit, disk overhead, bash

  4. crash, smashnoun

    the act of colliding with something

    "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"

    Synonyms:
    clangor, clang, bang, clash, strike, wreck, smasher, smash-up, clangoring, collapse, belt, clank, knock, overhead, hit, clangour, crash, bash

  5. hit, smash, smasher, strike, bangverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    charge, hit, crash, belt, fringe, beauty, knock, bam, strike, ten-strike, striking, clap, lulu, stunner, kick, looker, eruption, boot, sweetheart, smasher, flush, thrill, collision, work stoppage, ravisher, hitting, rap, tap, bash, blast, rush, overhead, bang, peach, mantrap, smash-up, dish, knockout

  6. smash, nail, boom, blastverb

    hit hard

    "He smashed a 3-run homer"

    Synonyms:
    boom out, cop, shoot, crush, bankrupt, complete, thunder, nail, nail down, pass with flying colors, arrest, bang up, nab, din, smash up, ruin, boom, demolish, pillory, break, breeze through, ace, blare, sweep through, sail through, pinpoint, collar, apprehend, savage, peg, thrive, pick up, expand, flourish, crucify, blast, dash, knock down, shell

  7. smash, dashverb

    break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

    "Smash a plate"

    Synonyms:
    scare off, ruin, shoot, demolish, scoot, pall, frighten away, blast, flash, scare, crush, bang up, bankrupt, break, smash up, daunt, scud, nail, scare away, crash, boom, frighten off, dart, dash

  8. bankrupt, ruin, break, smashverb

    reduce to bankruptcy

    "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

    Synonyms:
    crack, break away, give way, soften, reveal, develop, unwrap, conk out, part, collapse, die, smash up, transgress, founder, weaken, dash, discover, bang up, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, split, give away, destroy, damp, deflower, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, let on, get around, interrupt, wear out, cave in, break-dance, crush, break up, check, give out, break in, give, split up, better, burst, go bad, boom, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, blast, nail, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, expose, break, demolish, discontinue, intermit, wear

  9. smashverb

    hit violently

    "She smashed her car against the guard rail"

    Synonyms:
    demolish, bang up, crush, bankrupt, blast, ruin, boom, smash up, break, nail, dash

  10. crush, smash, demolishverb

    humiliate or depress completely

    "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

    Synonyms:
    vanquish, pulverise, bang up, squelch, trounce, beat, break down, ruin, dash, demolish, oppress, suppress, break, smash up, destroy, pulverize, squeeze, nail, bankrupt, crush, mash, boom, squash, beat out, shell, jam, blast

  11. bang up, smash up, smashverb

    damage or destroy as if by violence

    "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

    Synonyms:
    knock up, demolish, smash up, crush, bang up, blast, ruin, boom, impregnate, prang up, break, nail, dash, bankrupt

  12. smashverb

    hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

    Synonyms:
    demolish, bang up, crush, bankrupt, blast, ruin, boom, smash up, break, nail, dash

  13. smashverb

    collide or strike violently and suddenly

    "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"

    Synonyms:
    demolish, bang up, crush, bankrupt, blast, ruin, boom, smash up, break, nail, dash

  14. smashverb

    overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)

    "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"

    Synonyms:
    demolish, bang up, crush, bankrupt, blast, ruin, boom, smash up, break, nail, dash

  15. smashadverb

    break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow

    "The window smashed"

    Synonyms:
    demolish, bang up, crush, bankrupt, blast, ruin, boom, smash up, break, nail, dash

  16. smash, smashinglyadverb

    with a loud crash

    "the car went smash through the fence"

    Synonyms:
    smashingly

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. smashverb

    Synonyms:
    crush, mash, dash to pieces, break in pieces

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. smashnoun

    Synonyms:
    destruction, ruin, wreck, bankruptcy

  2. smashverb

    Synonyms:
    shiver, crush

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "smash":

    crush, break, smashed

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Smash":

    mash-ups.co.uk, smash@www.mash-ups.co.uk

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How to use smash in a sentence?

  1. Webb Simpson:

    I was in between clubs, i tried to smash a sand wedge and blocked it a little bit. It's a bit of a bummer.

  2. Petro Poroshenko:

    If the enemy doesn't want to abide by the cease-fire, if he doesn't want to put an end to the suffering of peaceful people, Ukrainian villages and town, we will smash them in the teeth.

  3. Brad Feld:

    The town is very progressive, it’s a highly educated population -- 30,000 people are affiliated with the University of Colorado and another 5,000 with government and research labs. When you smash together people in college, people with deep technical knowledge and a bunch of creative people doing art and music in a small physical area, crazy, amazing stuff happens.

  4. Nancy Pelosi:

    It's absolutely outrageous. Obviously it cannot continue, but the fact is that there is an attitude of lawlessness in our country that springs from I don't know where… and we cannot have that lawlessness become the norm. WARRANT ISSUED FOR CALIFORNIA NORDSTROM SMASH-AND-GRAB SUSPECT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED ON BAIL.

  5. Emily Fuentes:

    We’ve really never seen this in the West before, many of these refugees experience two kind of persecution that we refer to as smash and squeeze.


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