smithereens
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- noun
- /smɪðəˈriːnz/
- Informal
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fragmentos
- The earth hacked to smithereens, a scene that exemplified all the many horrors of war.
The place was actually just the basement, with every single window smashed to bits of smithereens.
- The place was actually just the basement, with every single window smashed to bits of smithereens.
Examples
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There are a lot of things that are going to smash you into smithereens if you aren't ready for them.
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The song, "Cut Flowers" by The Smithereens, starts to play as Lloyd fantasizes about his future in Aspen.
Fiction book (1994) -
One was when the rock was sort of smashed to smithereens, the microorganisms died.
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And when that is blasted into smithereens because you can no longer move freely around the world, it's very challenging.
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And then your eyes get burned to smithereens because somebody uploaded a iPhone video that has HDR on it, photos.
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They'll just shred it up to, you know, to smithereens and you're left with nothing.
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Camelot in Smithereens.
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With 300 pounds of Nitroglycerin strapped to his body, the Dark Rider was ordered to crash into the Tromaville City Hall and blow the entire town to Smithereens.
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After the explosion, the building was reduced to smithereens.
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The kids accidentally smashed the toy, sending it into smithereens.
Synonyms
Small thin pieces that break off when something is smashed
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smithereens probably comes from the Irish word smidirín, which means 'small pieces' or 'little bits'. So to break something to smithereens is to smash it into many tiny pieces, just like that original idea.