to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
to defeat, disappoint, or disillusion utterly.
to hit or strike (someone or something) with force.
to overthrow or destroy something considered as harmful: They smashed the drug racket.
to ruin financially: The depression smashed him.
Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis. to hit (a ball or shuttlecock) overhead or overhand with a hard downward motion, causing the shot to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.
verb (used without object)
to break to pieces from a violent blow or collision.
to dash with a shattering or crushing force or with great violence; crash (usually followed by against, into, through, etc.).
to become financially ruined or bankrupt (often followed by up).
to flatten and compress the signatures of a book in a press before binding.
noun
the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
the sound of such a smash.
a blow, hit, or slap.
a destructive collision, as between automobiles.
a smashed or shattered condition.
a process or state of collapse, ruin, or destruction: the total smash that another war would surely bring.
financial failure or ruin.
Informal. smash hit.
a drink made of brandy, or other liquor, with sugar, water, mint, and ice.
Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis.
an overhead or overhand stroke in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with a hard, downward motion causing it to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.
a ball hit with such a stroke.
adjective
of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
Congratulations to Jane Fraser on smashing Wall Street’s glass ceiling.
‘It has to have an impact’: What Citi’s new CEO means for other women on Wall Street|Maria Aspan|September 16, 2020|Fortune
Although Apple Watch is not, perhaps, a smash hit on the scale of the iPhone or the iPod, it’s by far the best-selling smartwatch in the world.
Two new Apple Watches announced at Apple’s ‘Time Flies’ event|Aaron Pressman|September 15, 2020|Fortune
When the series debuted in the UK in 2011 and became a smash hit, it paved the way for it to become an international sensation and therefore create many copycats.
One Good Thing: A Danish drama perfect for political devotees, now on Netflix|Emily VanDerWerff|September 11, 2020|Vox
When you find your parked car, you notice the smashed taillight.
The first murder|Katie McLean|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
While conventional nuclear power plants generate energy by splitting atoms, nuclear fusion involves smashing two atoms together.
Construction of the World’s Biggest Nuclear Fusion Plant Just Started in France|Edd Gent|August 3, 2020|Singularity Hub
Sid Vicious is stomping all over Steve Jones, about to smash in his guitar (again).
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the end of the session, when we listened back to all we had laid down that day, I was sure I had a smash hit.
When Gary Wright Met George Harrison: Dream Weaver, John and Yoko, and More|Gary Wright|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Every aspiring DJ could smash and grab himself a mixer and some turntables.
Bam! Pow! Bling! Hip-Hop's History Gets the Graphic Novel Treatment|Daniel Genis|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then there were those songs that were either too half-baked or half-hearted to even fool us into turning them into smash hits.
Can Jessie J’s ‘Bang Bang’ Save Us From This Awful Musical Summer?|Kevin Fallon|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“2-4-6-8, smash the church and smash the state,” people shouted.
Were Christians Right About Gay Marriage All Along?|Jay Michaelson|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Once he discovered that, he would discover also—where the smash would come.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
To originate a smash means more tasting than there is when there is no use in stewing more than has been put in there to stay.
Geography and Plays|Gertrude Stein
And then, when the gruel is eaten up, smash the bowl on the ground.
Foma Gordyeff|Maxim Gorky
Willing to take the heaviest blow, if only he might land as heavy a smash in return, Dan tore away at his foe.
Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories|Albert Payson Terhune
We have naught to smash his boat with, but we'll just take it along with us.
Blackbeard: Buccaneer|Ralph D. Paine
British Dictionary definitions for smash
smash
/ (smæʃ) /
verb
to break into pieces violently and usually noisily
(when intr, foll by against, through, into, etc) to throw or crash (against) vigorously, causing shatteringhe smashed the equipment; it smashed against the wall
(tr)to hit forcefully and suddenly
(tr)tennissquashbadmintonto hit (the ball) fast and powerfully, esp with an overhead stroke
(tr)to defeat or wreck (persons, theories, etc)
(tr)to make bankrupt
(intr)to collide violently; crash
(intr often foll by up) to go bankrupt
smash someone's face ininformalto beat someone severely
noun
an act, instance, or sound of smashing or the state of being smashed
a violent collision, esp of vehicles
a total failure or collapse, as of a business
tennissquashbadmintona fast and powerful overhead stroke