Synonyms for smash
verb
crack, shatter, crush, burst, shiver, fracture, splinter, break, demolish, destroy, dash to pieces, batter, crash, wreck, disrupt, break up, overturn, overthrow, lay in ruins, raze, topple, tumble; see also break 2. See syn. study at break.
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verb
To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain:
break, fracture, rift, rive, shatter, shiver2, splinter, sunder. See helpTo strike together with a loud, harsh noise:
clash, crash. See soundsTo undergo wrecking:
crash. (Informal) crack up, pile up. See helpTo deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:
bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop1, slam, slog, slug3, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. (Informal) biff, bop, clip1, wallop. (Slang) belt, conk, paste. Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone. See attack, strikeTo hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:
assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, thrash, thresh. (Informal) lambaste. (Slang) clobber. Idiom: rain blows on. See attack, strikeTo cause the complete ruin or wreckage of:
bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack2, wreck. (Slang) total. Idiom: put the kibosh on. See helpTo render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:
annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. (Informal) massacre, wallop. (Slang) clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See win
noun
A loud striking together:
clash, crash. See soundsA forceful movement causing a loud noise:
bang, crash, slam, wham. See strikeAn abrupt disastrous failure:
breakdown, collapse, crash, debacle, smashup, wreck. See moneyViolent forcible contact between two or more things:
bump, collision, concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, percussion, shock1. See conflictA wrecking of a vehicle:
crash, smashup, wreck. (Informal) crackup, pileup. See help- (Informal)
A dazzling, often sudden instance of success:
hit, sleeper. (Informal) smash hit, ten-strike, wow. (Slang) boff, boffo, boffola. See thrive
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