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[ smash-ing ] / ˈsmæʃ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR smashing ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveimpressive or wonderful: a smashing display. crushing or devastating: a smashing defeat. Origin of smashingFirst recorded in 1825–35; smash + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM smashingsmash·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby smashingsmash, smash-and-grab, smashed, smasher, smash hit, smashing, smash-up, smatch, smatter, smattering, SMATV Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for smashingWill he go for the schoolteacher and abandon the family, leaving behind his smashing dinner suits? What Downton’s Fashion Really Means|Katie Baker|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST When I was growing up they called Green Day and Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins “alternative pop.” The Rise of Jack Antonoff, the Taylor Swift Whisperer|Kevin Fallon|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Those who claim to speak for a vengeful Allah take great delight in smashing idols wherever and whenever they can get to them. ISIS Is About to Destroy Biblical History in Iraq|Christopher Dickey|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST This weekend should have been a smashing success for Johnny Depp. Why Are All of Johnny Depp’s Movies Bombing at the Box Office?|Tricia Romano|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Twenty-five years after smashing the music business, Krist Novoselic would like to do the same to special interests. Nirvana’s Bassist Wants to Go Grunge on Government|Olivia Nuzzi|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST He swung it about him, smashing everything in the room which could be smashed. Joan of Arc of the North Woods|Holman Day A courier came in from Gen. Kautz's cavalry, then smashing things out beyond Petersburg, bringing encouraging news. A Boy Trooper With Sheridan|Stanton P. Allen Cockles' hands dropped momentarily, and Keeks, whipping in a smashing right uppercut, had his man down and out. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914|Various Men of every regiment filled stellar rôles in this smashing advance. The Iron Division, National Guard of Pennsylvania, in the World War|H. G. Proctor "Every gibber's got an opal heart," remarked George, smashing a large boulder to fragments. In Search of El Dorado|Alexander MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for smashing
adjectiveinformal, mainly British excellent or first-rate; wonderfulwe had a smashing time Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to smashingdemolish, trash, crash, burst, shatter, collide, crush, bang, slam, fracture, crack, hit, blast, belt, break up, topple, wreck, disrupt, overturn, raze |