to to smash
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4.1
- verb
- /smæʃ/
:
destrozar
- The Austrians began to float heavy barges and obstacles downriver to smash through the flimsy French bridge.
- to smash a window
- to smash things
- to smash the wall
And if you like this video, Please remember to smash that patriarchy, especially in physics.
- And if you like this video, Please remember to smash that patriarchy, especially in physics.
- So so you're thinking you can take them going in, you feel confident we're going to crash, we're going to we're going to smash them.
- Yeah, So troops stationed by the thousands, it's now a crime punishable by death to smash a machine.
- There's something inside me that just wants to smash the shit out of this lens.
Examples
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Yep, I'm just going to smash that camera with a hammer, if you don't mind.
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Bane lifts his fists and tries to smash the far wall.
Fiction book (1997) -
As we said, let's do everything we can to smash the target.
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We're gonna smash our way through that wall and see what's behind it.
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"We used to put pennies on the tracks and wait for the train to smash them."
Fiction book (1997) -
I'm going to smash my truck into somebody's car.
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Then he grabs a lawn chair from the yard, begins to smash it in a fury against the divider.
Fiction book (1994) -
The storm smashed the old shed, leaving nothing but debris behind.
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He was determined to smashed his previous record in the upcoming race.
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The critics claimed that the new strategy would smashed any chance of success for the project.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To change a large bill into smaller bills
∞
2.0
Destroy or badly damage something so it cannot be used
557
1.7
Beat someone completely in a contest or game
553
4.0
To break something so it does not work
481
2.2
To hit something with great force and cause damage
401
1.6
To press something hard so it breaks or loses its shape
225
2.9
To badly damage or destroy something
221
4.9
To destroy something greatly or make people feel deeply shocked and sad
73
6.6
To damage a place or thing very badly
72
5.1
To make someone's hopes, confidence, or plans fail completely
64
3.8
To break or remove something by force, often by hitting it
57
3.2
Make a building or wall fall down suddenly
48
4.6
Cause deep pain to someone's feelings and destroy their hopes
37
7.2
To damage a rule, promise, or relationship
34
5.8
To break something into pieces by hitting it hard
15
7.6
To destroy something completely so nothing is left
13
7.5
Hit something hard so it breaks or opens
10
6.9
Tear something into many pieces or say very bad things about it
8
3.7
Defeat an opponent completely and easily
8
7.6
Damage something badly, often by hitting or dropping it
7
1.8
To break something violently into pieces
5
4.7
To damage something very badly so it breaks into pieces
3
7.7
Damage or spoil something badly
3
5.1
To damage something so badly it cannot be fixed
1
9.9
To cause a lot of damage and chaos to a place or thing
1
9.1
To break something into pieces
1
8.6
To hit someone or something very hard and damage it
Make something stop working by hitting or dropping it
Antonyms
How Damaged
71
7.5
11
4.1
72
2.8
∞
1.0
46
1.0
203
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
to + to smash
The core verb 'smash' literally means to break or destroy, and the infinitival marker 'to' does not alter that meaning, so the sense 'to ruin or destroy completely' is directly derivable from the constituent. Although used metaphorically in contexts like 'smash all of her dreams', the metaphor is a straightforward extension of physical destruction and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows 'smash'.
Etymology
To smash comes from the picture of hitting something so hard it breaks into many pieces. That's why saying to smash a plan or a reputation means to 'ruin' it completely, so badly it cannot be fixed.