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smash

[smash] / smæʃ /


NOUN
great success
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"Even if they tell you devastating news that can smash people's lives into smithereens, you're still here, you're still breathing," Claire said.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Tone Capone, the Bay Area producer whose smash hit “I Got 5 On It” for Luniz defined his region’s hip-hop sound, has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

She probably won’t smash quite as many skulls as Jack Reacher, but it looks like a decent action show that dads everywhere will enjoy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

They included "Coat of Many Colors," the soundtrack smash hit "9 to 5" and the iconic ballad "I Will Always Love You," which became an international success for Whitney Houston.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Before he could lose control and smash the burrito in Phineas’s face, Percy said, “Come on, guys.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

The sale smashes the record previously set for a residential real estate deal in the Hualālai, which previously stood at $30.2 million, according to Kildow.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

The vehicle, with the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag affixed to its top, then smashes through the tyre-and-barricade wall, leaping into the air and speeding on.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

After writing the bestseller “Clive: Inside the Record Business,” he and Columbia Pictures joined forces in 1974 to launch Arista, which had a streak of smashes starting with Barry Manilow’s “Mandy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Complications commence when a space research vessel smashes into Prodigy Corp.-controlled Bangkok.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

These are facts which, with the self-evident proposition that no being can create another being superior to itself, smashes your silly hypothesis to nothing.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

He smashed an unbeaten 108 away to Derbyshire in his first game away from the international spotlight in the 50-over competition in July.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

I didn’t feel any affinity with the humanoid that smashed Bolt’s 100-meter record, but found the robot weightlifter that crumpled under a 15kg barbell and staggered into a table very relatable.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Michael celebrated the ruling on X, writing: "The hammer of justice has smashed Anthropic arguments."

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

At the time of the crash, Moreno and Marciniw were covering a fatal vehicle collision in Chatsworth, where two people were killed and six others were injured when an SUV smashed into a Metro bus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Yet there is a visible hole in the top, a small triangular opening the size of a quarter, where the iron either smashed or carried away the bone completely.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

The LHC accelerates protons to tremendous energies before smashing them together.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

People are smashing Flock cameras on the street, renaming the A.I.-powered Meta Ray-Bans as “pervert glasses,” and starting widespread rumors about who is secretly using your data to train their A.I. models.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

Once it was over, Sabalenka could only congratulate her at the net—before retreating to her chair and smashing her racket to pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Brentford are off to an absolute flyer - smashing Tottenham then hitting Birmingham for six or seven.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Let me show you the way—it’s the least I can do after smashing you.”

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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