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Another word for smash

smash Synonyms

smash

n.

crash, breakup, breaking; see blow 1.

smash Synonyms

smash

v.

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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Another word for smash

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 help
To strike together with a loud, harsh noise:
clash, crash. See sounds
To undergo wrecking:
crash. (Informal) crack up, pile up. See help
To 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, strike
To 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, strike
To 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 help
To 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 sounds
A forceful movement causing a loud noise:
bang, crash, slam, wham. See strike
An abrupt disastrous failure:
breakdown, collapse, crash, debacle, smashup, wreck. See money
Violent forcible contact between two or more things:
bump, collision, concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, percussion, shock¹. See conflict
A 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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Its only concern is to smash the Cuban revolution at whatever the cost.
He could smash her into a million pieces if he wanted.
He wanted to smash something.
It served no purpose to smash his magnificent ego.
They made him punch himself and smash his head against a tree.

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