smash
s mash
- n a vigorous blow
- n a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- n a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- n the act of colliding with something
the fullback's smash into the defensive line - n a conspicuous success
that new Broadway show is a real smasher - v hit hard
He smashed a 3-run homer - v break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- v reduce to bankruptcy
The slump in the financial markets smashed him - v hit violently
She smashed her car against the guard rail - v humiliate or depress completely
The death of her son smashed her - v damage or destroy as if by violence
- v hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- v collide or strike violently and suddenly
The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail - v overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off - v break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
The window smashed - r with a loud crash
the car went smash through the fence
- Whedon released it online, where it became an iTunes smash and inspired a deluge of homemade Evil League of Evil application-videos by fans.
- The ancient battle drama is a Spartanian smash .
- Her breakthrough album, I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), was a Top 40 smash.