smash

smash is a 5-letter English word with 20 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, verb, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
2. intransitive verb. To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.
3. noun. A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
4. noun. Hence, bankruptcy.
5. noun. a conspicuous success

   "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"

   "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"

   Synonyms: bang, hit, smasher, strike

6. noun. the act of colliding with something

   "his crash through the window"

   "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"

   Synonyms: crash

7. noun. a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

   Synonyms: overhead

8. noun. a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
9. noun. a vigorous blow

   "the sudden knock floored him"

   "he took a bash right in his face"

   Synonyms: bang, bash, belt, knock

10. verb. break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow

    "The window smashed"

11. verb. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

    "Smash a plate"

    Synonyms: dash

12. verb. overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)

    "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"

13. verb. hit hard

    "He smashed a 3-run homer"

    Synonyms: blast, boom, nail

14. verb. collide or strike violently and suddenly

    "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"

15. verb. hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
16. verb. damage or destroy as if by violence

    "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

17. verb. humiliate or depress completely

    "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"

    "The death of her son smashed her"

    Synonyms: crush, demolish

18. verb. hit violently

    "She smashed her car against the guard rail"

19. verb. reduce to bankruptcy

    "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"

    "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

    Synonyms: bankrupt, break, ruin

20. adverb. with a loud crash

    "the car went smash through the fence"

    Synonyms: smashingly

Synonyms

bang, hit, smasher, strike, crash, overhead, bash, belt, knock, dash, blast, boom, nail, crush, demolish, bankrupt, break, ruin, smashingly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in smash:

shams

Common word forms

smashed, smasher, smashes, smashing, smashable, smashment

Words from these letters

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