smash in
phrasal verb
smashed in; smashing in; smashes in
: to hit (something) hard so that it breaks it or gets a hole in it
I smashed in the window.
I was so mad I felt like smashing his face in.
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Images from the scene showed the front part of the top deck of the bus smashed in and its metal frame badly dented, as first responders cordoned off the area.
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Lizbeth Diaz, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Then 1979’s Breakfast in America became the biggest smash in the group’s career.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Getty Images Deftones have spent more than a quarter-century reaching Billboard’s radio charts with some of the biggest smashes in hard rock music.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Seconds later, the driver’s window is smashed in, McNeil is punched in the face, and officers open the door and pull him to the ground next to his car, striking his face again, McNeil’s video shows.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
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Lizbeth Diaz, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Then 1979’s Breakfast in America became the biggest smash in the group’s career.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Getty Images Deftones have spent more than a quarter-century reaching Billboard’s radio charts with some of the biggest smashes in hard rock music.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Seconds later, the driver’s window is smashed in, McNeil is punched in the face, and officers open the door and pull him to the ground next to his car, striking his face again, McNeil’s video shows.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
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“Smash in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smash%20in. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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