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
  • Nearly 300 people are killed every year in traffic crashes in the city, with speed serving as the leading factor in the collisions.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Now researchers analyzing data from those collisions have seen an unexpected signal that offers new clues about how the cosmic transition happened eons ago.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of collisions
Noun
  • There have been 42 accidents and crashes tied to the Catalina airport, claiming 30 lives since 1982.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • This planning study stems from the city’s high-injury network, a group of roads that have the highest number of serious injury and fatal crashes.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of crashes
Noun
  • Waltrip obviously got into hundreds of wrecks over his nearly 30-year racing career.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In the subsequent highway traffic backup there were two additional wrecks, including at least eight vehicles.
    — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of wrecks

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“Smashups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smashups. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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