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Recent Examples of flinders
After all, the normal patterns of life were blown to flinders.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 9 Feb. 2022
Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 9 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flinders
smithereens
Plural Noun
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Viktoriia Markova, whose home in Chernihiv was smashed to smithereens by an artillery shell, was recently given a small shelter in her backyard for her, her husband and teenage son.—
Jeffrey Gettleman,
New York Times,
19 Sep. 2022
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Harry retasked the fighter to target a nearby barn instead, pretending to blow it to smithereens.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
13 Jan. 2023
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“Flinders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flinders. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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