smash-up

Example Sentences

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The Cardinals tied in the fifth on three straight singles, with Arenado’s smash up the middle driving in the runs.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2022

Advisers had warned him to avoid the smash up of the first debate when, according to the Axios website, he interrupted Biden 71 times, while Biden interrupted him 22 times.

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2020

But Rumsfeld and Cheney were “careless people,” to use F. Scott Fitzgerald’s words — the type that smash up things and walk away, letting other people clean up after them.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2020

"But, with most viewers unable to hear his lyrics, it came off as 'I'm so rich I can afford to smash up this very expensive car live on TV.'"

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2018

They were in a tier of the car that wasn’t battered in the smash up.

From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen