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smash up
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into pieces |
| Synonyms: | bang into, crack up, crunch, dash, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, pile up, shatter, shiver, sideswipe, smash, smash up, splinter, total*, wrack up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wreck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, beach, break, capsize, crack up, crash, cripple, dash, decimate, demolish, devastate, dilapidate, disable, do in, efface, founder, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mess up*, pile up, put out of commission, ravage, raze, run aground, sabotage, scuttle, shatter, shipwreck, sink, smash, smash up, spoil, strand, subvert, take apart, take out, tear up, torpedo, total*, trash*, undermine, vandalize, wrack up, wrack |
| Notes: | wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something |
| Antonyms: | build, create, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collision; defeat |
| Synonyms: | accident, bang, bash, blast, blow, boom, breakdown, breaking, breakup, burst, clap, collapse, crack, crack-up, crash, debacle, destruction, disaster, downfall, failure, pile-up, ruin, shattering, slam, smash-up, sock, wallop, welt, whack, wham, wreck |
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