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smash

 
 
/smæʃ/ verb

Definition

BREAK [I, T] to break into a lot of pieces with a loud noise, or to make something break into a lot of pieces with a loud noise: Thieves smashed the shop window and stole $50,000 worth of computer equipment.
smash (sth) against/into/through, etc to hit a hard object or surface with a lot of force, or to make something do this: The car skidded and smashed into a tree. He smashed the glass against the wall.
DESTROY [T] to destroy a political or criminal organization: attempts to smash a drug smuggling ring
(Definition of smash verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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