smash
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Synonyms for smash
Synonyms: Noun
bump, collision, concussion, crash, impact, impingement, jar, jolt, jounce, kick, shock, slam, strike, wallop
Synonyms: Verb
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Examples of smash in a Sentence
Noun
The new movie is a smash. She was a smash at the party. His new song promises to be a smash hit. The vase fell to the ground with a loud smash. She hit an overhand smash that won the match.Verb
He smashed the vase with a hammer. The ball smashed the window. The vase fell and smashed to pieces. He smashed into the wall. She smashed the ball deep into the opposite corner.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Back at the crew meeting in the makeshift Georgia dining hall, another ditty is blaring over the speakers, this time the smash hit The Real Slim Shady. — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, "Behind the Scenes as SEC Refs Get a Unique Primer at Georgia Camp," 22 Aug. 2019 Big studios have no patience for niche projects, only guaranteed smash hits that can move a stock needle. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "Why Viacom and CBS Had to Merge to Survive," 19 Aug. 2019 As political theater, May’s Brexit drama was a smash hit. — Washington Post, "Theresa May packs her bags, her legacy dominated by failure," 18 July 2019 My friend is 15 years younger, with a formidable serve and smash. — Laura Lippman, Glamour, "The Pleasure of Being Mediocre," 2 May 2019 To recap Disney's domination, April saw the release of Avengers: Endgame, which was always going to be a smash given the mighty launchpad offered to it by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but still wowed with a nearly $2.8 billion box office take. — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, "Has Disney Cornered the Family Film Market as Rivals Hit Summer Slumps?," 15 Aug. 2019 But this driving, droning fluke smash still feels like an AM broadcast from a distant world. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "The 100 Best Songs of 1969: Staff Picks," 14 Aug. 2019 The Sixth Sense might sound like a one-off smash that can’t be replicated, but its popularity is rooted in some of the oldest moviemaking traditions: plot gimmickry, good salesmanship, and genuine quality. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "How The Sixth Sense Conquered Hollywood in 1999," 6 Aug. 2019 He was preceded by Earth, Wind & Fire, who ran off one smash hit after another. — Chris Varias, Cincinnati.com, "Bobby Brown makes for memorable Cincinnati Music Festival," 27 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Substitute Arturo Vidal got on the scoresheet as well, smashing his effort into the roof of the net. — SI.com, "Barcelona 5-2 Real Betis: Report, Ratings & Reaction as Vintage Barca Secure Vital Win," 25 Aug. 2019 Ferrell says before smashing the cake into the camera. — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, "Demi Lovato Reveals Role in Will Ferrell's New Comedy Film Eurovision," 21 Aug. 2019 The man driving the SUV whipped around a corner and smashed into the other car. — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, "Man charged in armed carjacking of off-duty Cleveland paramedic at Tremont union hall," 19 Aug. 2019 About 35 million years ago, an asteroid traveling nearly 144,000 mph (231,000 km/h) smashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the modern-day town of Cape Charles, Virginia. — Fox News, "America's largest asteroid impact left a trail of destruction across the eastern US," 16 Aug. 2019 Sound—waves of vibrating airborne molecules that smash into one another before crashing into our eardrums—has always been a part of our world. — Jennifer Emerling, National Geographic, "Seeking silence on a California road trip," 6 Aug. 2019 Many astrophysicists, including Bellovary, think that such supermassive black holes grow when entire galaxies smash into each other, leading their central black holes to collide and form bigger ones. — Quanta Magazine, "Big Black Holes Found in the Smallest Galaxies," 23 July 2019 After another large demonstration on July 1st, the anniversary of the handover in 1997, a smaller group smashed their way into the Legislative Council building and briefly occupied the chamber. — The Economist, "Protesters in Hong Kong incur the Communist Party’s wrath," 20 July 2019 But Apollo discoveries brought geologists to a scientific consensus: that the body probably formed when a Mars-sized planet smashed into the Earth, sending rocks and dust from both worlds into orbit. — Eva Botkin-kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, "Apollo 11 at 50: How the moon landing changed the world," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'smash.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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