smash

Adverb

• with a loud crash
  • the car went smash through the fence
    

Noun

• a conspicuous success
  • that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
    
  • that new Broadway show is a real smasher
    
  • the party went with a bang
    

• the act of colliding with something
  • his crash through the window
    
  • the fullback's smash into the defensive line
    

• a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

• a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

• a vigorous blow
  • the sudden knock floored him
    
  • he took a bash right in his face
    
  • he got a bang on the head
    

Verb

• break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
  • The window smashed
    

• overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
  • The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off
    

• collide or strike violently and suddenly
  • The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail
    

• hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

• damage or destroy as if by violence
  • The teenager banged up the car of his mother
    

• humiliate or depress completely
  • She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
    
  • The death of her son smashed her
    

• hit violently
  • She smashed her car against the guard rail
    

• reduce to bankruptcy
  • My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
    
  • The slump in the financial markets smashed him
    

• break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
  • Smash a plate
    

• hit hard
  • He smashed a 3-run homer
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  smashingly , hit , smasher , strike , bang , crash , overhead , smash-up , knock , bash , belt , bang up , smash up , crush , demolish , bankrupt , ruin , break , dash , nail , boom , blast