Collocations for "smash"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "smash" in context.
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smash
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [car, vehicle, bike] smash
- heard the smash of [glass, crystal, broken windows]
- came [down, together, apart] with a smash
- landed with a [loud, crushing] smash
- heard a [mighty, loud, terrible] smash
- informal: the movie is a smash (at the box office)
- informal: is a box-office smash
- won the [point, rally, game] with a smash
- smash a [plate, glass, cup]
- the [plate] was smashed
- smash a [plate] to pieces
- smash into a [wall, car, post, window]
- [the car, the bike, he] smashed into the [wall]
- smash through the [wall]
- smash against the [wall]
- smashed [his ability, their chances]
- smash and [crash, burn, break]
- smash up [the shop, the car, his face]
- smash [the shop] up
- smash in [the window, his face, the door]
- smash [the window] in
- the [band's, singer's] new smash hit
- a smash [movie, song, album]
- a smash-and-grab [raid, attempt]
'smash' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):