Main entry: smash, smasher, strike, bang, hit
Definition: a conspicuous success
Usage: that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career; that new Broadway show is a real smasher; the party went with a bang
Definition: the act of colliding with something
Usage: his crash through the window; the fullback's smash into the defensive line
Definition: a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
Definition: a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
Main entry: bang, bash, belt, smash, knock
Definition: a vigorous blow
Usage: the sudden knock floored him; he took a bash right in his face; he got a bang on the head
Main entry: smash
Definition: break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
Usage: The window smashed
Definition: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
Usage: Smash a plate
Main entry: smash
Definition: overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
Usage: The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off
Main entry: blast, boom, smash, nail
Definition: hit hard
Usage: He smashed a 3-run homer
Main entry: smash
Definition: collide or strike violently and suddenly
Usage: The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail
Main entry: smash
Definition: hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
Main entry: smash, smash up, bang up
Definition: damage or destroy as if by violence
Usage: The teenager banged up the car of his mother
Main entry: demolish, crush, smash
Definition: humiliate or depress completely
Usage: She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation; The death of her son smashed her
Main entry: smash
Definition: hit violently
Usage: She smashed her car against the guard rail
Main entry: bankrupt, break, smash, ruin
Definition: reduce to bankruptcy
Usage: My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!; The slump in the financial markets smashed him
Main entry: smash, smashingly
Definition: with a loud crash
Usage: the car went smash through the fence