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Webster 1913 Edition


Smash

Smash

(smăsh)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Smashed
(smăsht)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Smashing
.]
[Cf. Sw.
smisk
a blow, stroke,
smiska
to strike, dial. Sw.
smaske
to kiss with a noise, and E.
smack
a loud kiss, a slap.]
1.
To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
Here everything is broken and
smashed
to pieces.
Burke.

Smash

,
Verb.
I.
To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.

Smash

,
Noun.
1.
A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
2.
Hence, bankruptcy.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Smash

SMASH

,
Verb.
T.
[probably mash, with a prefix.] To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. Here every thing is broken and smashed to pieces. [Vulgar.]