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Synonyms & Antonyms of smash
(Entry 1 of 2)
- the drunken guest deliberately smashed a glass against the brick fireplace
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- the firecracker smashed the clay pot
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- the invading troops smashed the resistance and went on to conquer the country
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- beat,
- best,
- clobber,
- conquer,
- crush,
- defeat,
- drub,
- lick,
- master,
- overbear,
- overcome,
- overmatch,
- prevail (over),
- rout,
- scotch,
- skunk,
- subdue,
- surmount,
- thrash,
- trim,
- triumph (over),
- trounce,
- wallop,
- whip,
- win (against)
- blast,
- blow up,
- break,
- cripple,
- damage,
- deface,
- deteriorate,
- disfigure,
- disintegrate,
- dissolve,
- dynamite,
- harm,
- impair,
- injure,
- mangle,
- mar,
- mutilate,
- spoil,
- vitiate
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- we nearly smashed into each other on the skating rink
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smash
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of smash (Entry 2 of 2)
- the awful smash when his dreams got hit by reality
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- the sound of the smash made all of the bystanders immediately whip their heads around
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- she gave the tennis ball a smash and sent it flying over the other side of the net
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- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- bop,
- box,
- buffet,
- bust,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clout,
- crack,
- cuff,
- dab,
- douse
- [British],
- fillip,
- hack,
- haymaker,
- hit,
- hook,
- knock,
- larrup
- [dialect],
- lash,
- lick,
- pelt,
- pick,
- plump,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- slam,
- slap,
- slug,
- smack,
- sock,
- spank,
- stinger,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swipe,
- switch,
- thud,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop
- (also whap)
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- body blow,
- hand,
- kick,
- knee,
- left,
- one-two,
- rabbit punch,
- right,
- right-hander,
- roundhouse,
- shiver,
- sidewinder,
- sucker punch,
- swing,
- uppercut
- bastinado
- (or bastinade),
- battering,
- beating,
- bludgeoning,
- clobbering,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- drubbing,
- hammering,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- thrashing
- the bikes collided with a huge smash
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- the new Broadway musical is a smash
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- blue chip,
- blue chipper,
- corker,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- dandy,
- jim-dandy,
- pip,
- prizewinner
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“Smash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smash. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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