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Meaning of smash

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  smash
      adv 1: with a loud crash; "the car went smash through the fence"
             [syn: {smash}, {smashingly}]
      n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
           bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn:
           {knock}, {bash}, {bang}, {smash}, {belt}]
      2: a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) [syn:
         {smash}, {smash-up}]
      3: a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head [syn:
         {overhead}, {smash}]
      4: the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the
         window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" [syn:
         {crash}, {smash}]
      5: 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" [syn: {hit},
         {smash}, {smasher}, {strike}, {bang}]
      v 1: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: {smash}, {nail},
           {boom}, {blast}]
      2: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a
         plate" [syn: {smash}, {dash}]
      3: reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going
         to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed
         him" [syn: {bankrupt}, {ruin}, {break}, {smash}]
      4: hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
      5: humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his
         refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed
         her" [syn: {crush}, {smash}, {demolish}]
      6: damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up
         the car of his mother" [syn: {bang up}, {smash up}, {smash}]
      7: hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
      8: collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle
         smashed into the guard rail"
      9: overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful);
         "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"
      10: break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The
          window smashed"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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