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verb | noun smashsmash1 /smæʃ/ ●●○ verb ETYMOLOGYsmash1Origin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from smack + mash VERB TABLEsmash |
| Present | I, you, we, they | smash | | he, she, it | smashes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | smashed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have smashed | | he, she, it | has smashed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had smashed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will smash | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have smashed |
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| Present | I | am smashing | | he, she, it | is smashing | | you, we, they | are smashing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was smashing | | you, we, they | were smashing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been smashing | | he, she, it | has been smashing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been smashing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be smashing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been smashing |
► smash (something) to bits/pieces The bottle rolled off the table and smashed to pieces. THESAURUSinto pieces► break if something breaks or you break it, it separates into two or more pieces, for example because it has been hit, dropped, or bent: Somebody broke the window and the car alarm went off. Careful, those glasses break easily. ► smash used when a plate, glass, etc. breaks or is broken with a lot of force: Angry crowds smashed windows downtown. The plate smashed when it hit the floor. ► shatter used when a plate, glass, etc. breaks into a lot of small pieces: The bomb blast shattered the windows of cars and buildings. The mirror fell and shattered. ► crack used when something begins to break in a way that makes a line on the surface: The glass was cracked, and water was leaking out. ► split used when something breaks along a straight line: She swung the axe and split the log right down the middle. ► tear used when paper or cloth separates into pieces: Tear the cloth into three long strips. My jeans tore when I climbed over the fence. ► snap used about something hard and thin that breaks into two pieces, making a loud noise: A stick snapped under her feet. ► burst used when a pipe with liquid inside it breaks: One of the pipes in the basement had burst. ► rupture used when a container, wall, pipe, etc. breaks so that what it is holding comes out: The airplane’s fuel tank ruptured when it crashed. ► pop used when a bubble or balloon breaks: A single balloon floated up into a tree and popped. ► fracture used when a bone in your body cracks or breaks: She fractured her leg in a skiing accident. 1[intransitive, transitive] to break into many small pieces violently or loudly, or to make something do this by dropping, throwing, or hitting it: The burglars smashed a window to get in.smash (something) to bits/pieces The bottle rolled off the table and smashed to pieces.► see thesaurus at break12[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive always + adv./prep.] to hit an object or surface violently, or to make something do this: smash against/down/into etc. She was killed when her car smashed into a tree.smash something against/down/into etc. something He smashed his fist down on the table.3[transitive] to defeat or destroy something such as an enemy or an organization: Police say they have smashed a major crime ring.4[transitive] to ruin something such as someone’s hopes or happiness: His confidence had been smashed to pieces.5smash a record to do much better than someone or something has done before in a race, competition, etc.6[transitive] to hit a high ball with a strong downward action, in tennis or similar sportssmash something ↔ in phrasal verb1to hit something so violently that you break it and make a hole in it: The door had been smashed in.2smash somebody’s head/face in informal to hit someone very hard in the head or facesmash something ↔ up phrasal verb to deliberately damage or destroy something: Forty inmates smashed up their prison cells. → see also smash-up verb | noun smashsmash2 noun 1[countable] a very successful new play, book, movie, etc. SYN smash hit: the latest Broadway smash2[singular] the loud sound of something breaking3[countable] a hard downward hit of the ball in tennis or similar sports |