Thesaurus results for SMASHUPS

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

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Noun

Wind turbines increasingly harm bats and birds through collisions and barotrauma, especially migratory species.

— Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Introspection is hardly foreign to country music, but Langley’s coolly reflective approach stands out in a genre defined by social collisions—by scenes of cowboys and cowgirls settling scores.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Definition of collisions

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But history is littered with instances of crashes that, for the unlucky, happen at the worst possible moment.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 July 2026
The two victims are at least the seventh and eighth people to be killed or seriously injured in motorcycle crashes in the Kansas City area so far in July.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

Definition of crashes

Noun

There are shallow but rich dives; full-of-life, accessible wrecks; and thriving reefs, including my favorite spot, the unlikely cement plant, with seahorses and octopus reclining beneath its pier pilings—pilings that are fantastical once underwater.

— Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
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

Definition of wrecks

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