smash

CEFRB2

/smæʃ/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To break or hit something violently.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A traffic collision.

Examples

  • The people are like children: they must smash everything to see what is inside.

  • Tom raised the crowbar intending to smash his attacker's head.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.

  2. A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.

More examples

In context

  • I could hear the screech of the brakes, then the horrible smash of cars colliding.

  • The display cabinet hit the floor with a smash.

  • The driver and two passengers were badly injured in the smash.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

Uncertain, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Swedish smask (“to smack with the lips”), dialectal Swedish smaska (“to smack, kiss”), Danish smaske (“to smack with the lips”), Low German smaksen (“to smack with the lips, kiss”).