| 单词 | to knock, smash, blow, cut, etc, to smithereens |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto knock, smash, blow, cut, etc., to (also into) smithereens to knock, smash, blow, cut, etc., to (also into) smithereens: to knock, smash, blow up, etc., into tiny fragments; also figurative. ΚΠ 1795 W. Macready Bank Note ii. 17 I join you with all my heart,—and wish he was hang'd, shot, cut in smithereens. 1841 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland III. 303 The sun..split it into smithereens. 1861 C. F. Bromley Woman's Wanderings 189 A celestial worthy..whose prowess and exploits..seem to have beaten Saint George and the dragon quite to smithereens. 1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxxiii He'd have knocked the whole town to smithereens. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Dec. 22/6 A substantial charge of dynamite—enough, in fact, to blast the bridge to smithereens. 1961 J. I. Packer Evangelism & Sovereignty of God ii. 31 Books like Deuteronomy and Isaiah and John's Gospel and Romans smash it [sc. a man-centred outlook] to smithereens. 1976 Time 27 Dec. 36/3 The result is another kind of supernova, a fantastic explosion that blows the star to smithereens. 2015 T. Merry & J. Buttriss Four Waifs on Doorstep vii. 80 He just went ballistic,..throwing his breakfast bowl, full of cereal, onto the tiled floor, so it smashed into smithereens. < as lemmas |
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