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 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 These energetic smashups also create a larger variety of particles that scientists can use to probe the plasma's properties. Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023 LeoLabs puts the odds of a smashup at roughly 10%. Robert Hackett, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2020 But pinpointing where the past ones formed has proven difficult, which in turn clouded attempts to forecast the next great smashup. Paul Raeburn, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2012 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 The Iridium-Kosmos smashup marked a dramatic escalation. Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2020 To mark the occasion of the playoff-opening smashup of the Patriots, Henry surprised his offensive linemen with Rolex watches. Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2020 NW Crawfish & Noodles Houston has many Vietnamese/Cajun smashups and this is one of the best. Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2018
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  • The collision of the Cuauhtémoc with the Brooklyn Bridge comes just 16 months after a massive cargo ship plowed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
  • This replenishment likely comes from collisions between dwarf planets, cometary nuclei, micrometeoroids and other flotsam and jetsam lurking in the dark of the debris disk.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 May 2025
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  • That same weekend, six people died in three separate crashes on north Texas roads, including a collision involving a wrong-way driver that left two dead in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 18, KXAS reported.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 20 May 2025
  • Members of Congress must listen to the experts — those of us who are first on the scene of a crash, those of us who conduct the investigations into the crashes and those of us who must tell families that their husband/wife, son/daughter, mother/father is not coming home.
    Art Bodenheimer, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025

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“Smashup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smashup. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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