smashups

plural of smashup
as in collisions
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 smashups 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
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Noun
  • The collective radiation from these hydrogen atom collisions, in the form of light, heat, gamma rays and x-rays, slowly makes its way to the outer layer of a star.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 July 2026
  • Placing the heavy shielding and reactor components in the middle minimizes the physical stress caused by bending moments at sea and insulates the nuclear systems from external side-impact collisions.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Noun
  • The airport saw several fatal plane crashes in the early 2000s.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Law enforcement officers also would be required to record those label details after crashes involving the vehicles, a change supporters say would produce more accurate crash data.
    Madison Smalstig July 18, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
Noun
  • Historians estimate that as many as 1,000 ships sank during the Middle Passage, but fewer than 20 of these wrecks have been documented.
    Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
  • Back inside the courtroom, CBS New York reported that prosecutors alleged Bithorn had previously put her children in danger via her alleged alcoholism, including multiple car wrecks.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026

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“Smashups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smashups. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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