smash into

Example Sentences

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Stanislav Kutuzov felt the drillhead he was controlling smash into the rock more than 100 metres below him high on a glacier in the Pamir peaks of Tajikistan.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Swedish startup Nordic Air Defence is testing highly maneuverable interceptors as light as 9 ounces, designed to smash into drones at up to 170 miles an hour, at altitudes up to around 6,000 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

You see a train coming, and it’s gonna smash into your car, and you’d be, like, ‘Oh. Huh. That train’s gonna hit my car.’

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

But it could also help protect us by detecting dangerous objects that suddenly stray near Earth, including asteroids like YR4 that scientists briefly worried early this year was on track to smash into our planet.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

I heard the rock smash into a thousand fragments.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan