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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
The vehicle had a smashed windshield and front end and no hood over its engine. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025 No ejections, fines, suspensions or smashed clipboards. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
Worthy got the worst of it as Kelce’s larger frame smashed into his shoulder. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025 Agents have smashed car windows, blown open a door to a house and patrolled the fabled MacArthur Park on horseback. Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for smashed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smashed
Adjective
  • In my experience, redeeming a broken industry requires regaining consumer trust by delivering empathy, transparency, and a process that works for clients, especially in a space that has historically worked against the interests of consumers.
    Brandon Aversano, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Across the eastern Baltic states (an area pertaining to modern-day Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), there are even more examples of broken tools in Stone Age burials.
    Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In Aurora, some of the attendees became drunk and rowdy.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • She is raped, half-drunk, at a party and bites off a piece of her attacker’s ear.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the aftermath, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko recorded a video message from the building’s shattered upper floors.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Photos of the aftermath showed the front windshield on the roof of the bus shattered and nearly flattened.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Additionally, several existing dilapidated buildings on the site will be demolished and their concrete recycled and partly reused to realize the new structures.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Archaeologists believe that Ayscough's house was demolished after a fire destroyed it in the early 1800s – but its remains have only just been uncovered in new excavations.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Alternatively, a star being ripped apart in TDE could produce a day-long GRB, but this scenario fails to replicate other properties of the GRB 250702B, an explosion that would require a very unusual star being destroyed by an even stranger black hole.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Hadid was commissioned to design it for a fire brigade on the Vitra Campus after a major 1981 fire destroyed most of the complex, which originally consisted of factory buildings but is now a collection of contemporary design and architecture showrooms.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then, the Atlantic published the first excerpt of Harris’s new book, 107 Days — the title refers to the length of her presidential campaign after she was belatedly bumped to the top of the Democratic ticket.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • While running around the suite in excitement, my daughter bumped her head on the dining table.
    Essence, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While Japan’s opposition remains fractured, the far-right, anti-immigration Sanseito party made big gains in July’s upper house election, bringing once-fringe ideas into the political mainstream.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Though Marcelo is the central character, the film’s emotional heart lies in his fractured relationship with his son Fernando.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Purple dough is wrapped around a juicy, savory filling and pan-fried to perfection.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Of course, fried chicken, instant ramen, soda, and chips share a certain inherent junkiness.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025

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“Smashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smashed. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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