smash

  1. Noun.  The sound of a violent impact, to strike violently.
  2. Noun.  (British, colloquial) A traffic accident.
  3. Noun.  (context, colloquial) Something very successful.
  4. Noun.  (context, tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
  5. Verb.  To break (something brittle) violently.
  6. Verb.  To hit extremely hard.
  7. Verb.  (figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
  8. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly.
  9. Verb.  (US) To deform through continuous pressure.
  10. Verb.  (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.

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