smash

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. shatter, crush; hit, strike; ruin, destroy, disintegrate. See destruction, success.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. crash, breakup, breaking; see blow 1 .

v.

Syn. crack, shatter, crush, burst, shiver, fracture, splinter, break, demolish, destroy, dash to pieces, batter, crash, wreck, disrupt, break up, overturn, overthrow, lay in ruins, raze, topple, tumble; see also break 2 .

See Synonym Study at break .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. collision crash, wreck, shattering, breakup, burst, smashup, crack, blow, collapse.

2. success winner, hit, sensation, sellout.

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v.

shatter, break, hit, bust, burst, wreck, crack, splinter, pulverize, disintegrate, break into a million pieces, fracture, demolish.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain: break, fracture, rift, rive, shatter, shiver2, splinter, sunder. See HELP. 2. To strike together with a loud, harsh noise: clash, crash. See SOUNDS. 3. To undergo wrecking: crash. Informal: crack up, pile up. See HELP. 4. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply: bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop1, slam, slog, slug3, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. Informal: biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang: belt, conk, paste. Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 5. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, thrash, thresh. Informal: lambaste. Slang: clobber. Idiom: rain blows on. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 6. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack2, wreck. Slang: total. Idiom: put the kibosh on. See HELP. 7. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. Informal: massacre, wallop. Slang: clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See WIN. II noun 1. A loud striking together: clash, crash. See SOUNDS. 2. A forceful movement causing a loud noise: bang, crash, slam, wham. See STRIKE. 3. An abrupt disastrous failure: breakdown, collapse, crash, debacle, smashup, wreck. See MONEY. 4. Violent forcible contact between two or more things: bump, collision, concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, percussion, shock1. See CONFLICT. 5. A wrecking of a vehicle: crash, smashup, wreck. Informal: crackup, pileup. See HELP. 6. Informal. A dazzling, often sudden instance of success: hit, sleeper. Informal: smash hit, ten-strike, wow. Slang: boff, boffo, boffola. See THRIVE.