smashing
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈsmæʃɪŋ/
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- There was an immense smashing, crunching, and cracking, and dust came swirling up as jagged fragments of paving shot up all around.
- smashing of windows
So all incidents of window smashing, of arson, please put those from your mind.
- So all incidents of window smashing, of arson, please put those from your mind.
Examples
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The children were fascinated by the smashing of the piñata during the birthday party.
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Confrontations between concert-goers and police and the smashing of windows were numerous; from the stadium, inside and out, many were wounded and detained.
Academic text (1991) -
The smashing of windows was only a part of the story of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.
Academic text (2011) -
There's a screech of brakes, then the smashing of metalwork and glass.
Fiction book (1995) -
He heard the smashing of glass as the car crashed into the storefront.
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The loud smashing noise startled everyone in the quiet library.
Synonyms
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1.7
To cause something to fall into pieces or become damaged
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6.0
A sudden violent breaking open of something like a pipe or balloon
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3.5
The sharp noise something makes when it breaks
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4.2
Breaking something into many small pieces with sudden force
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4.4
A violent act of hitting a person or damaging a thing
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6.3
Breaking something into small pieces, often by force
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4.6
An act of wood breaking that sends out small sharp pieces
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4.4
Damage that makes something in pieces or not usable
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9.9
The act of breaking something into many small pieces by crushing or grinding
The breaking of something into many sharp pieces that can cut you
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Smashing comes from the verb smash, which copies the loud sound of something breaking, so smashing is the act of breaking something into pieces with force.