Antonyms for smash


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : smash
Phonetic Transcription : smæʃ


Definition of smash

Origin :
  • 1759, "break to pieces," earlier "kick downstairs" (c.1700), probably of imitative origin (cf. smack (v.), mash (v.), crush (v.)). Meaning "act with crushing force" is from 1813; that of "strike violently" is from 1835. Tennis sense is from 1882. Smash-and-grab (adj.) is first attested 1927.
  • noun collision; defeat
  • noun great success
  • verb break into pieces
  • verb defeat, destroy
Example sentences :
  • I am sorry he made such a smash at last, but it is all that could be expected.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • Don't go to smash, Dick, just at the beginning of your life.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • You'll be joggled in this crowd, an' break 'em all to smash.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • Ask your sister to marry me first, and smash you up afterwards.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • I felt an absurd desire to smash it, for the impudent thing had been running all the while.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Every now and then the awakened people will get up and smash you.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • "Smash him, Sam—smash in his nut for him," piped the smallest Micky cheerfully.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Her husband lost all his money on a race, and came to smash, as you English say.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Do you want to start the car and have it smash into something?
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
  • No smash, however, happened, either to me or to Madame de Mauban.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

Synonyms for smash

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