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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. a vigorous blow;
- Example: "the sudden knock floored him"
- Example: "he took a bash right in his face"
- Example: "he got a bang on the head"
[syn: knock, bash, bang, smash, belt]

2. a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles);
[syn: smash, smash-up]

3. a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head;
[syn: overhead, smash]

4. the act of colliding with something;
- Example: "his crash through the window"
- Example: "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
[syn: crash, smash]

5. a conspicuous success;
- Example: "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"
- Example: "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"
- Example: "the party went with a bang"
[syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang]


VERB (10)

1. hit hard;
- Example: "He smashed a 3-run homer"
[syn: smash, nail, boom, blast]

2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over;
- Example: "Smash a plate"
[syn: smash, dash]

3. reduce to bankruptcy;
- Example: "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"
- Example: "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
[syn: bankrupt, ruin, break, smash]

4. hit violently;
- Example: "She smashed her car against the guard rail"

5. humiliate or depress completely;
- Example: "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"
- Example: "The death of her son smashed her"
[syn: crush, smash, demolish]

6. damage or destroy as if by violence;
- Example: "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
[syn: bang up, smash up, smash]

7. hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke;

8. collide or strike violently and suddenly;
- Example: "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"

9. overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful);
- Example: "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"

10. break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow;
- Example: "The window smashed"


ADVERB (1)

1. with a loud crash;
- Example: "the car went smash through the fence"
[syn: smash, smashingly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smash \Smash\, v. i.
   To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of
   collision or pressure.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smash \Smash\, n.
   1. A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence, bankruptcy. [Colloq.]
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

smash
    adv 1: with a loud crash; "the car went smash through the fence"
           [syn: smash, smashingly]
    n 1: 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]
    2: a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) [syn:
       smash, smash-up]
    3: a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head [syn:
       overhead, smash]
    4: the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the
       window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" [syn:
       crash, smash]
    5: 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]
    v 1: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail,
         boom, blast]
    2: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a
       plate" [syn: smash, dash]
    3: 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]
    4: hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
    5: humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his
       refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed
       her" [syn: crush, smash, demolish]
    6: damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up
       the car of his mother" [syn: bang up, smash up, smash]
    7: hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
    8: collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle
       smashed into the guard rail"
    9: overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful);
       "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"
    10: break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The
        window smashed"