as in shred
informal
small broken pieces
The car was blown to smithereens when its gas tank exploded. The vase was smashed to smithereens.
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Eleven also defeated another one by blowing it to smithereens with her powers, blasting herself into the Upside Down in the process.
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Evan Romano, Men's Health, 25 May 2022
Somewhere in the universe, at least once a second, a massive star goes supernova, blowing to smithereens with the intensity of an entire galaxy’s worth of shining stars.
—Dolly Setton, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2014
So at least one expensive prototype needs to get smashed to smithereens, while its dummy passengers survive.
—Christina Reed, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2017
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
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Evan Romano, Men's Health, 25 May 2022
Somewhere in the universe, at least once a second, a massive star goes supernova, blowing to smithereens with the intensity of an entire galaxy’s worth of shining stars.
—Dolly Setton, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2014
So at least one expensive prototype needs to get smashed to smithereens, while its dummy passengers survive.
—Christina Reed, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2017
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
See All Example Sentences for smithereens
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“Smithereens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smithereens. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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