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  • present participle of smash.
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smashing

[smash-ing] / ˈsmæʃ ɪŋ /






















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Nonfarm payrolls surged by 172,000, smashing expectations of just 88,000, while the U-3 unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

"You have a lot of pop-dance crossover acts now that are really smashing it," she says.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Some of the tracks — like “Piano Concerto No. 0,” which features André literally smashing a piano to smithereens — are obviously comedic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

And it was a smashing success, not only politically, but substantively as well.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Goyle gave a high-pitched scream of terror, threw the scales up into the air, and sprinted away, vanishing from sight long before the sound of the scales smashing had stopped echoing around the corridor.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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