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smithereenssmith‧e‧reens /ˌsmɪðəˈriːnz/ noun [plural] smithereensOrigin: 1800-1900 Irish Gaelic smidirin, from smiodar ‘small piece’ - Blowing themselves to smithereens may not have been the only steps they took to shield identity.
- He remembered how innocently they had discussed which natives they would blow to smithereens and which they would grant a reprieve to.
- He says an overweight lorry in a crash will smash a car to smithereens.
- If my anger breaks the glass, I could be smashed to smithereens.
- There were the remains of a ship in a bottle, smashed to smithereens, and a rubber toy Bowie knife.
- What I really wanted was to bash him to smithereens.
► blow somebody/something to pieces/bits/smithereens A bomb like that could blow you to bits. VERB► blow· He remembered how innocently they had discussed which natives they would blow to smithereens and which they would grant a reprieve to. ► smash· If my anger breaks the glass, I could be smashed to smithereens.· There were the remains of a ship in a bottle, smashed to smithereens, and a rubber toy Bowie knife.· He says an overweight lorry in a crash will smash a car to smithereens. ► smash/blow etc something to smithereens- He says an overweight lorry in a crash will smash a car to smithereens.
smash/blow etc something to smithereens informal to destroy something by breaking it into very small pieces, or with an explosion: The shop was blown to smithereens by the explosion. |