1. Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
   "Smash a plate";
   - dash
    
2. Hit with great force
   "He smashed a 3-run homer";
   - nail, boom, blast
    
3. Hit violently
   "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
    
4. Collide or strike violently and suddenly
   "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
    
5. Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
   "The window smashed"
    
6. Hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
   "She smashed the ball, winning the final point of the match"
    
7. Damage or destroy as if by violence
   "The storm smashed up the coastal properties";
   - bang up [informal], smash up
    
8. Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
   "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"
    
9. Humiliate or depress completely
   "The death of her son smashed her";
   - crush
    
10. Reduce to bankruptcy
    "The slump in the financial markets smashed him";
    - bankrupt, ruin, break

1. A vigorous blow
   "the sudden smash floored him";
   - knock, bash [informal], bang, belt [informal], sock [informal]
    
2. A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
   "The smash-up left both cars totaled";
   - smash-up [informal]
    
3. The act of colliding with something
   "the fullback's smash into the defensive line";
   - crash
    
4. A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
   "Her overhead smash was too powerful for her opponent to return";
   - overhead
    
5. A conspicuous success
   "The new movie was a smash at the box office";
   - hit, smasher [informal], strike, bang [informal], sizzler [informal]

1. With a loud crash
   "the car went smash through the fence"

Derived forms: smashes, smashing, smashed

Type of: abase, annihilate [informal], blow, break, bump, chagrin, clash, collide, collision, come apart, damage, demolish [informal], destroy, fall apart, hit, hitting, humble, humiliate, impoverish, mortify, pulverise [Brit, informal], pulverize [Brit, informal], return, separate, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], split up, strike, striking, success

Encyclopedia: Smash, David