smithereensnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌsmɪð.ərˈiːnz/us/ˌsmɪð.əˈriːnz/informala lot of very small broken pieces:
The city was bombed to smithereens during the war.
So many films involve everyone and everything being blown to smithereens.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinpoint
- ray
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shard
- shred
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