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: extraordinarily impressive or effective
a smashing performance
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Their mission, a smashing success, tested a NASA rocket and spacecraft on the first human flight into deep space in more than five decades.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
And that was a smashing success.
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Kim Kardashian made sure her son Psalm West had a smashing 3rd birthday party!
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The Wolverines dominated the Final Four on Saturday with a smashing 91-73 victory.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
And that was a smashing success.
—Matt Crossman, Midwest Living, 14 Apr. 2026
Kim Kardashian made sure her son Psalm West had a smashing 3rd birthday party!
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
The Wolverines dominated the Final Four on Saturday with a smashing 91-73 victory.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Smashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smashing. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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