smash

smash
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noun
1 breaking noisily into pieces
ADJECTIVE
loud
VERB + SMASH
hear
PREPOSITION
with a smash

The plate hit the floor with a smash.

smash of

He heard the smash of breaking glass.

2 (BrE) in a car, etc.
ADJECTIVE
head-on
fatal

Their car was involved in a fatal smash with a stolen van.

horrific
hit-and-run

a 20-year-old victim of a hit-and-run smash

high-speed
car, motorbike
rail, train
motorway, road
two-car, three-vehicle, etc.
VERB + SMASH
have
cause

A teenage driver has been fined £300 for causing a road smash on the A127.

SMASH + VERB
happen

The smash happened just before junction 13 of the M6.

PREPOSITION
in a/the smash

Four people were seriously injured in a head-on smash on the A45.

3 in tennis
ADJECTIVE
powerful
overhead
forearm
VERB + SMASH
hit

He can hit a powerful overhead smash.

miss

He misses a smash to hand Federer a 5–0 lead.

4 song, film/movie, etc.
ADJECTIVE
box-office
club, dance-floor (both BrE)

the recent club smash, ‘Rocking Music’

surprise
instant

The comedy was an instant smash with critics.

summer
VERB + SMASH
be, become
SMASH + NOUN
album, single
series, show, sitcom

Bridges starred on the smash sitcom ‘Diff'rent Strokes’.

hit
film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE)
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verb
Smash is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑fist, ↑glass, ↑vandal, ↑wave, ↑window
Smash is used with these nouns as the object: ↑barricade, ↑fist, ↑glass, ↑mirror, ↑pane, ↑racket, ↑record, ↑skull, ↑vase, ↑window, ↑windscreen

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