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smashed

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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
In one video from the scene, a French official, identified as Aulnoye-Aymeries mayor Bernard Baudoux, is sitting on the ground outside a vehicle with a smashed window. — Dana Karni, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 Start your day with their Stuffed Biscuit that’s filled with spicy sausage and smashed potatoes or Cornmeal Pancakes with Cinnamon-Brown Sugar Crunch Topping. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
The fatal crash The Phillips children were among those attending a child's birthday party at the private Swan Boat Club in Berlin Township on April 20, 2024, when a vehicle smashed into the building 25 feet. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Shattered glass littered sidewalks after rioters smashed and looted thousands of shops, torched cars and buildings, and attacked police, who fired tear gas and water cannons. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for smashed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smashed
Adjective
  • The Hilltoppers recently got a boost to their secondary when star senior cornerback Bryce Ellens returned from a broken collarbone.
    — Harris Horowitz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • His weary voice, describing with sympathy what this solitary, hungry rover is going through, details a broken relationship between human and beast, but more keenly and traumatically, between humans and humans.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Except Moe is nice, caring, and talented, while Matt is arrogant, unpleasant, and, at the beginning of the episode, belligerently drunk.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Two Northfield, Minnesota, police officers were injured while arresting a woman suspected of driving drunk after a series of hit-and-run crashes that damaged three vehicles and two homes Monday evening, police said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The post said the front windows of the cafe were shattered and a cash register was stolen.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
  • That invincibility myth was shattered Thursday when Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO for 33 years, ally of the President of the United States and cofounder of the world’s most valuable AI company, resigned.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The apartment building where the children were killed was later demolished and the land was turned into a park and a community garden.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • In March, the DOB issued a stop work order after inspectors found the developers had demolished the existing building on the site without providing adequate shielding to neighboring properties, including 1321 Flatbush Avenue.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In Bulgaria, authorities found and destroyed a Russian Gerbera-2 drone, which was not carrying explosives, in the waters of the country’s northern Black Sea coast, the Defense Ministry said Friday.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • He was born in 1941 in the village of al-Birwa, which was destroyed by Israeli forces in 1948.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Raman’s young progressives Gen Zers crisscrossed the dance floor, Modelos and seltzers in hand, as the DJ bumped her head to the beat.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Wittlin, a 26-year-old broadcast television technician, watched quietly as two officers fist-bumped and another looked inside his wallet.
    — Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Mayfield missed three games because of a fractured thumb on his throwing hand.
    — Rob Maaddi, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But success would require unity among a fractured, fleeting Republican majority that also faces several other more pressing priorities.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • In it, the man was bleeding from his temple, after what the caller alleged was a drunken fight.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • But earlier this year Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary, told The Times the airline was having to divert almost one aircraft a day because of drunken and aggressive behaviour by passengers, and called for morning drinking at airports to be banned.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

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“Smashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smashed. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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