Smash

verb

smæʃ

Noun

a conspicuous success
“that new Broadway show is a real smasher”
Similar:Bang HitSmasherStrike
Type of:Success
the act of colliding with something
“the fullback's smash into the defensive line”
Similar:Crash
Type of:HittingHitStriking
a vigorous blow
Similar:Bang BashBeltKnock
Type of:BumpBlow
a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
Similar:Smash-up
Type of:Collision
a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
Similar:Overhead
Type of:Return

hit hard
“He smashed a 3-run homer”
Similar:Blast Boom Nail
Type of:Hit
reduce to bankruptcy
“The slump in the financial markets smashed him”
Similar:Bankrupt Break Ruin
Type of:Impoverish
humiliate or depress completely
“The death of her son smashed her”
Similar:Crush
Type of:MortifyChagrinAbase
break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
“The window smashed”
Type of:SeparateBreak
collide or strike violently and suddenly
“The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail”
Type of:ClashCollide
hit violently
“She smashed her car against the guard rail”
Type of:Hit Strike
overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
“The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off”
Type of:DemolishDestroy
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
Similar:Dash
Type of:Break
damage or destroy as if by violence
Type of:Damage
hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
Type of:Hit