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smithereens

s mi dhuh reenz

  • n  a collection of small fragments considered as a whole
    Berlin was bombed to smithereens
    his hopes were dashed to smithereens
    I wanted to smash him to smithereens
    the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens

  • But never having been there before I broke down in tears at the Ossuary at Verdun, where the remains of 130,000 bodies blown to smithereens in World War I are interred.
  • Sir James Hopwood Jeans, and others, argue that it is blowing into wavy smithereens.
  • Menus at restaurants that market themselves as healthy alternatives are often big minefields, booby-trapped with hidden fat and calories than can blow any diet to smithereens.
Quotes

  • Paul Fairclough in Independent
    We are actively pursuing the matter. It's obvious to everyone we need a striker,Fairclough said. "But I won't smash our wage structure to smithereens."
  • Danielle Smith in Winnipeg Free Press
    They've blown investor confidence to smithereens over the last 2 1/2 years,Smith told reporters. "So the question is will it be enough to attract investment back?"
  • Carl Froch in Daily Star
    Froch, 32, said: "Dirrell is confident, but it is my job to put him in his place and make him realise he is coming into the snake pit. After I have smashed him to smithereens he may not even want to box on."

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