smash

Noun · Verb · Adverb
Synonyms: knockbashbangbeltsmash-upoverheadcrashhitsmasherstrikenailboom

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. a vigorous blow“the sudden knock floored him”“he took a bash right in his face”“he got a bang on the head”Synonyms: knockbashbangbelt
  2. a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)Synonyms: smash-up
  3. a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your headSynonyms: overhead
  4. the act of colliding with something“his crash through the window”“the fullback's smash into the defensive line”Synonyms: crash
  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”Synonyms: hitsmasherstrikebang

Verb (10)

  1. hit hard“He smashed a 3-run homer”Synonyms: nailboomblast
  2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over“Smash a plate”Synonyms: dash
  3. reduce to bankruptcy“My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!”“The slump in the financial markets smashed him”Synonyms: bankruptruinbreak
  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”Synonyms: crushdemolish
  6. damage or destroy as if by violence“The teenager banged up the car of his mother”Synonyms: bang upsmash up
  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”

Adverb (1)

  1. with a loud crash“the car went smash through the fence”Synonyms: smashingly
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Smash \Smash\, v. i. To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure. [1913 Webster]
Smash \Smash\, n.

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

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

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.]

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