Synonyms of smithereens

smithereens

plural noun

as in shred

informal small broken pieces

The car was blown to smithereens when its gas tank exploded.

The vase was smashed to smithereens.

Related Words

• shred
• fragment
• splinter
• bit
• chip
• atom
• shard
• flake
• smack
• splash
• sliver
• peanuts
• sprinkling
• modicum
• ounce
• spatter
• semblance
• jot
• ace
• ray
• whit
• smidgen
• shiver
• spark
• scintilla
• scrap
• lick
• minimum
• dash
• syllable
• iota
• tad
• glimmer
• dab
• speck
• touch
• molecule
• particle
• vestige
• fleck
• dram
• nip
• crumb
• grain
• scattering
• little
• streak
• minim
• strain
• driblet
• dot
• mote
• mite
• suspicion
• smell
• tittle
• skosh
• scruple
• soupçon
• part
• granule
• drop
• spot
• snap
• shade
• pinch
• section
• hoot
• hint
• patch
• flyspeck
• handful
• portion
• morsel
• smattering
• bite
• shadow
• taste
• nibble
• trace
• nubbin
• dose
• smatter
• tatter
• shaving
• shot
• clipping
• paring

Dissimilar Words

• slab
• lump
• chunk
• hunk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smithereens

Viktoriia Markova, whose home in Chernihiv was smashed to smithereens by an artillery shell, was recently given a small shelter in her backyard for her, her husband and teenage son. — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022

Helming is betting on plasma torch technology that heats rock to about 6,000 degrees Celsius, blasting it to smithereens, as the solution. — Wired, 13 Aug. 2022

Eleven also defeated another one by blowing it to smithereens with her powers, blasting herself into the Upside Down in the process. — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 25 May 2022

So at least one expensive prototype needs to get smashed to smithereens, while its dummy passengers survive. — Christina Reed, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2017

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