smashups

noun

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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smashups
  1. collisions
  2. crashes
  3. wrecks
Noun
  • The department maintains an early intervention system that flags officers based on risk factors, such as a relatively high volume of civilian complaints, frequent use of force, and involvement in preventable traffic collisions or pursuits.
    — Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Astronomers investigating mysterious flashes of X-rays believe that these blasts could stem from collisions between neutron stars, the events that forge elements like gold, silver, and platinum.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of collisions
Noun
  • Waymos were involved in 93% fewer injury crashes with pedestrians, 86% fewer with cyclists and 82% fewer with motorcyclists, according to the company’s numbers.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The study also listed Kansas City as the city in Missouri with the most crashes since 2020 — KC tallied with 424 in the six-year span.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of crashes
Noun
  • Many of these wrecks have been undiscovered for decades, with commercial access only being granted recently.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Waltrip obviously got into hundreds of wrecks over his nearly 30-year racing career.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of wrecks

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“Smashups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smashups. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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