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smash

[smash] / smæʃ /


NOUN
great success
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"If you bring Triton in, and you smash up your large moons, we think only 1 percent or so of that material stayed around in the system," Davis says.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

She rose to global stardom with her 1972 album "No Secrets," which spawned the number one smash "You're So Vain."

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Yet Dean brought a fresh, easy-wearing charm to singles such as the Hot 100 smash “Man I Need,” a Whitney Houston-caliber banger that heralded an artfully emotive record.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The TV adaptation of “Heated Rivalry,” the forbidden love story of two gay pro-hockey players, became a recent smash for HBO Max.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

I heard the rock smash into a thousand fragments.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Former managing director Sean Coughlan had said increases in employers' national insurance contributions and high business rates "absolutely smashes local business".

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

It smashes Forest's previous record sale when Anthony Elanga was transferred to Newcastle last summer for an initial £55m.

From BBC Jul. 2, 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

One smashes as I kick it off, leaving a green smear across my sneakers, which I know from experience ain’t coming out.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

England's Sophia Dunkley smashed 41 off 23 balls as she continued her excellent form and Australian Beth Mooney struck 31 not out off 21.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Images shared by Spanish media showed rubble strewn on the streets of Granada and cars with their windows smashed.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Broken engine fragments smashed a cabin window of a Ryanair plane last month causing a man's head and right shoulder to be sucked into the hole, US investigators have said.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

"Everything was smashed, the windows, everything," 75-year-old resident Kateryna Kravchenko told AFP of her apartment.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Something about him resembles my old doll with the smashed glass eye, or a curious illustration from a medical encyclopedia.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

"He's absolutely smashing it," influencer and former reality show star Georgia Harrison, who has 1.3 million followers on Instagram, told Times Radio.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

The event was a smashing success, he said afterward, bringing in a record $5.1 million — up from $1.1 million at last year’s annual fundraiser — via donations and silent auction purchases.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Ten years later he gained prominence when footage went viral showing his infantry fighting vehicle smashing through a makeshift barricade.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Mark Loftus has been a New York Yankees fan since the days when Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were smashing home runs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Instead of smashing into the Hermes statue, I whipped around it, circling the rope under its arms.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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