smash

[[t]smæʃ[/t]]

v. t.

1) to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter

2) to destroy or defeat completely; crush; ruin

3) to hit or strike with force

4) spo (in racket sports) to hit (a ball or shuttlecock) with a powerful, downward overhand stroke

5) to break to pieces from a violent blow or collision

6) to dash with a shattering or crushing force or with great violence; crash (usu. fol. by against, into, through, etc.)

7) to be completely destroyed, defeated, or ruined

8) an act or instance of smashing or shattering

9) the sound of such a smash

10) a blow, hit, or slap

11) a destructive collision, as between automobiles

12) a smashed or shattered condition

13) a process or state of collapse, ruin, or destruction

14) financial failure or ruin

15) cvb inf Informal. something achieving great success; hit

16) vin a drink made of brandy or other liquor, with sugar, water, mint, and ice

17) spo (in racket sports) a powerful, downward overhand stroke, or the ball or shuttlecock hit with such a stroke

18) inf of, pertaining to, or constituting a great success:

a smash hit on Broadway[/ex]

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Etymology: 1715–25; of expressive orig., perh. b. smack II and mash