smasheryn.
/ˈsmaʃəri/ A smashing or destruction; a state of smash.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering > state of being shattered or smashed
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1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. i. 181 Having a smashery among his crockery ware.
1849 E. Forbes in G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes (1861) xiii. 465 It is the most singular mince-meat smashery of about eight feet of shales and chert-bands.
1854 C. J. Lever Dodd Family Abroad xxxii The smaller details are, a universal smashery, with occasional vestiges of that part of the creation consigned to hair-dressers..and milliners.
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