smash-up

[ smash-uhp ]
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noun
  1. a complete smash, especially a wreck of one or more vehicles.

Origin of smash-up

1
1855–60, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase smash up

Words Nearby smash-up

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How to use smash-up in a sentence

  • Which means that they do a smash-up job of planning that extra special, over-the-top anniversary or birthday extravaganza.

  • Father come in, an' he says: 'Well, I guess I've saved the judge a pretty good smash-up.

    Country Neighbors | Alice Brown
  • The boy who had witnessed the accident, told her that the car which had caused the smash-up, was a blue sedan.

    Ghost Beyond the Gate | Mildred A. Wirt
  • A beginner like you might miscalculate the weight, and think what a terrible smash up we'd have then!

    In Hostile Red | Joseph Altsheler
  • Yes, I heard that but for your presence of mind, and Mrs. Brock's tablecloth, there would have been a smash-up.

    Facing the World | Horatio Alger
  • You've got to remember that it is cheaper any day to smash up a spoil train than it is to wreck one carrying people.

    The Hero of Panama | F. S. Brereton

British Dictionary definitions for smash-up

smash-up

/ informal /


noun
  1. a bad collision, esp of cars

verbsmash up
  1. (tr, adverb) to damage to the point of complete destruction: they smashed the place up

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