smash

Universal Words verb, noun verb break 1 to break sth, or to be broken, violently and noisily into many pieces: [VN] Several windows had been smashed. * He smashed the radio to pieces. * [V] The glass bowl smashed into a thousand pieces. hit very hard 2 to move with a lot of force against sth solid; to make sth do this: [V, +adv./prep.] the sound of waves smashing against the rocks * The car smashed into a tree. * [VN] Mark smashed his fist down on the desk. 3 [+adv./prep.] to hit sth very hard and break it, in order to get through it: [VN] They had to smash holes in the ice. * The elephant smashed its way through the trees. * [VN-ADJ] We had to smash the door open. * [V] They had smashed through a glass door to get in. 4 [VN] to hit sth/sb very hard: He smashed the ball into the goal. destroy / defeat 5 [VN] to destroy, defeat or put an end to sth/sb: Police say they have smashed a major drugs ring. * She has smashed the world record (= broken it by a large amount). crash vehicle 6 [VN] ~ sth (up) to crash a vehicle: He's smashed (up) his new car. in tennis, etc. 7 [VN] to hit a high ball downwards and very hard over the net PHRASALVERBS smash sth<->down to make sth fall down by hitting it hard and breaking it: The police had to smash the door down. smash sth<->in to make a hole in sth by hitting it with a lot of force: Vandals had smashed the door in. * (informal) I wanted to smash his face in (= hit him hard in the face). smash sth<->up to destroy sth deliberately: Youths had broken into the bar and smashed the place up. * The phone both had been completely smashed up. noun act of breaking 1 [sing.] an act of breaking sth noisily into pieces; the sound this makes: The cup hit the floor with a smash. vehicle crash 2 [C] (BrE) an accident in which a vehicle hits another vehicle: a car smash in tennis, etc. 3 [C] a way of hitting the ball downwards and very hard song / movie / play 4 (also smash hit) [C] a song, film/movie or play that is very popular: her latest chart smash