smithereen
Example Sentences
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There wouldn’t be a smithereen still left of Our world today, if not for Comrade Petrov.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2018
No, a smithereen is not a male smither.
From Time Magazine Archive
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With a deep breath, Sarai disengaged a moth from the ledge and spurred it forward, a single smithereen of darkness dispatched into the dim.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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