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smash

[smash] / smæʃ /


NOUN
great success
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The 27-year-old country singer brought her smash ‘Choosin’ Texas’ to the Greek on Tuesday night in the first of two sold-out shows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The agreement aimed to smash the business model of smugglers who charge migrants huge amounts to make the perilous and sometimes deadly journey.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

When the World Trade Center towers crashed to the ground 25 years ago, they triggered a seismic wave that seemed to smash the world order.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

The words smash into one another inside my head.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Take Anne Hathaway, fresh off a string of box-office smashes in “The Odyssey,” “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” “The End of Oak Street” and “Mother Mary.”

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Every now and then a bottle rolls off the roof and the glass smashes.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

They wore hard hats and smashed a bridge-shaped piñata.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In these experiments, heavy ions such as lead are accelerated to nearly the speed of light and smashed together.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Upon arrival, they found a silver Skoda, which had smoke coming out of it, that had smashed into the corner of a house, leaving it badly damaged.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 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

Grief ran after it with such lust that he smashed into a cupboard.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

He has now updated the shutter to include the car smashing through the front of the shop.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 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

A game called "Flappy Bill" features a bald eagle carrying a document in its claws that tries to avoid smashing into columns of various heights, against a background that resembles Washington DC.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

I don’t want to think about who they were, and why they were smashing things or spraying the walls.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan


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