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verb

past tense of smash
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as in demolished
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive the firecracker smashed the clay pot

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as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of the invading troops smashed the resistance and went on to conquer the country

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Recent Examples of smashed
Adjective
No ejections, fines, suspensions or smashed clipboards. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025 Arriving officers found a smashed front door along with a second interior door, said Vafiades. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2025 One famous shot in the first minutes of the film, showing reflections in a smashed snow globe, anticipates the film’s grand themes of ambition and legacy and the cracked mirror of memory. John Semley, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025 Police say $500,000 worth of items from the athlete’s home were stolen on Feb. 5 after a home burglary that also resulted in a smashed window. Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for smashed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smashed
Adjective
  • Several broken waste bins were not fixed in a timely manner.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • The problem is worsened by the broken and outmoded state of the Oscars’ Best International Feature category, which lets foreign governments handpick their own submissions and launder their public images.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • And maybe a little drunk and sick from all that oily food and crappy wine.
    Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
  • But try bouncing from a pop star version of 1500s English queen Anne Boleyn to a drunk 1985 housewife to a lusty 1955 teenager.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • In the first incident, a tornado completely destroyed the building.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Nearly 300 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Oklahoma due to fire.
    TIME, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Given his lower cross volume, last season’s most common crossing pass cluster has been bumped down the list, with Liverpool’s No 66 more likely to engage in sideways or backwards passes as part of his distribution diet.
    Mark Carey, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • After the Detroit Pistons got a bucket in the third quarter, Paul Reed bumped into Jordan Clarkson of the Utah Jazz.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But my favorite controversy came in the 1985 series, when the Flyers’ radical idea of letting their goalies have a water bottle on top of the net resulted in Glen Sather threatening to pull the Oilers off the ice while demanding to know whether buckets of fried chicken were next.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • Much of Lucky Bird’s clientele are office workers who place orders for fried chicken sandwiches, tenders, wings and sides like cheddar jalapeño biscuits.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • The Stretford End was demolished and replaced.
    Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The Lower Hill District was a vibrant, majority-Black neighborhood before it was controversially demolished in the 1950s to make way for the Civic Arena.
    Ryan Deto, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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  • Two people are dead and 19 others injured after a small plane slammed into a Fullerton warehouse filled with workers.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Gomez, for instance, was slammed by Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez (who later apologized) over her Spanish in the film.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Failing to address this can create fractured ownership, legal disputes, or forced sales.
    Raul Elizalde, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Nevertheless, Ramsey and the Dolphins being reunited at this point seems highly unlikely as this is a severely fractured relationship.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025

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“Smashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smashed. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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