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View synonyms for smash-up

smash-up

[ smash-uhp ]

noun

  1. a complete smash, especially a wreck of one or more vehicles.


smash-up

noun

  1. a bad collision, esp of cars
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr, adverb to damage to the point of complete destruction

    they smashed the place up

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of smash-up1

1855–60, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase smash up
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Example Sentences

Which means that they do a smash-up job of planning that extra special, over-the-top anniversary or birthday extravaganza.

Father come in, an' he says: 'Well, I guess I've saved the judge a pretty good smash-up.

The boy who had witnessed the accident, told her that the car which had caused the smash-up, was a blue sedan.

A beginner like you might miscalculate the weight, and think what a terrible smash up we'd have then!

Yes, I heard that but for your presence of mind, and Mrs. Brock's tablecloth, there would have been a smash-up.

You've got to remember that it is cheaper any day to smash up a spoil train than it is to wreck one carrying people.

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