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.
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smashups
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Additionally, about 17% of those severely injured by traffic collisions in Sacramento County were 20 years old or younger.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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Rather than collisions caused by surrounding traffic, these incidents involved the vehicle misjudging objects directly in its path.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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The Navy will lead the investigation, so there won’t be as much information shared publicly as in civilian crashes.—
Rebecca Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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Many crashes happened while Tesla vehicles were stationary, waiting at traffic lights, stop signs or in slow traffic.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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McNeal’s unit handles patients who are coming out of surgery or have trauma from car wrecks or falls.—
Laura Berrios,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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Tesla is recalling over 218,000 vehicles because when drivers reverse, the rearview camera image may lag, potentially causing wrecks and injuries, according to a notice posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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“Smashups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smashups. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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