as in collision
the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact
three cars were involved in a smashup on my street last night
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Recent Examples of smashup
Subsequent studies have cast doubt on this supposedly inevitable smashup.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
Jury Duty’s second season was executive produced by comedy veterans David Bernad, Eisenberg, Stupnitsky, Jake Szymanski, Anthony King, Chris Kula, James Marsden and Ruben Fleischer as well as alums of Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen’s reality-comedy smashups Todd Schulman and Nicholas Hatton.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
In 2025, however, an orbital smashup would be almost certain.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2025
This recipe is the perfect holiday smashup!
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
The airport property takes up just over 4% of the city’s acreage, and as neighborhoods began to close in, neighbors took exception to the noise, the pollution, and the occasional smashups.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
Giroud had been slated for a bench role before Benzema went down just days before the World Cup started, and Nkunku was injured during a smashup with Tchouaméni in training.
—Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2022
LeoLabs puts the odds of a smashup at roughly 10%.
—Robert Hackett, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2020
The Iridium-Kosmos smashup marked a dramatic escalation.
—Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2020
Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
Jury Duty’s second season was executive produced by comedy veterans David Bernad, Eisenberg, Stupnitsky, Jake Szymanski, Anthony King, Chris Kula, James Marsden and Ruben Fleischer as well as alums of Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen’s reality-comedy smashups Todd Schulman and Nicholas Hatton.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
In 2025, however, an orbital smashup would be almost certain.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2025
This recipe is the perfect holiday smashup!
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
The airport property takes up just over 4% of the city’s acreage, and as neighborhoods began to close in, neighbors took exception to the noise, the pollution, and the occasional smashups.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
Giroud had been slated for a bench role before Benzema went down just days before the World Cup started, and Nkunku was injured during a smashup with Tchouaméni in training.
—Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2022
LeoLabs puts the odds of a smashup at roughly 10%.
—Robert Hackett, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2020
The Iridium-Kosmos smashup marked a dramatic escalation.
—Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smashup
Noun
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This is no coincidence; galactic mergers are more likely at the cluster’s gravitational center, and astronomers think the chaos of such collisions helps give ellipticals their characteristic spheroidal shape.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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The Idaho Transportation Department plans to restripe a section of Interstate 84 between Meridian and Nampa, in the days after work-zone lane markings caused confusion among drivers and at least one near collision.—
Rose Evans
May 29,
Idaho Statesman,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Grossman did not try to leave the scene after the crash, Holm said.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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That crash occurred three months after Lu was ticketed in Maryland for negligent driving and changing lanes unsafely, according to court records.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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“Smashup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smashup. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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