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smash up ThesaurusVerb | 1. | smash up - damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"bang up, smashdamage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
smashverb1. To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain:break, fracture, rift, rive, shatter, shiver, splinter, sunder.2. To strike together with a loud, harsh noise:clash, crash.3. To undergo wrecking:crash.Informal: crack up, pile up.4. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.Informal: biff, bop, clip, wallop.Slang: belt, conk, paste.Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.5. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, thrash, thresh.Informal: lambaste.Slang: clobber.Idiom: rain blows on.6. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of:bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack, wreck.Slang: total.Idiom: put the kibosh on.7. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish.Informal: massacre, wallop.Slang: clobber, cream, shellac, smear.noun1. A loud striking together:clash, crash.2. A forceful movement causing a loud noise:bang, crash, slam, wham.3. An abrupt disastrous failure:breakdown, collapse, crash, debacle, smashup, wreck.4. Violent forcible contact between two or more things:bump, collision, concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, percussion, shock.5. A wrecking of a vehicle:crash, smashup, wreck.Informal: crackup, pileup.6. Informal. A dazzling, often sudden instance of success:hit, sleeper.Informal: smash hit, ten-strike, wow.Slang: boff, boffo, boffola.Translationssmash up
smash up1. To break something into small pieces with great, violent force. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smash" and "up." My father went on a rampage around the house, smashing up anything he could get his hands on. The disgruntled ex-employee stole a photocopier from the office on his last day at work and smashed it up with a baseball bat in a field beside the office.2. To cause a lot of damage or destruction to something or within some place. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smash" and "up." He was arrested for smashing up a local bar after getting into an argument with its owner. Some punks came around and smashed my car up during the night.3. To beat someone with brutal, violent force. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smash" and "up." The gang surrounded the poor man and smashed him up so badly that he had to be hospitalized.See also: smash, upsmash something upto break something up; to destroy something. I hope the children don't smash any of the good china up if we use it tonight. The driver fell asleep and smashed up the car.See also: smash, upsmash up
Synonyms for smash upverb damage or destroy as if by violenceSynonymsRelated Words |