smash-up
a complete smash, especially a wreck of one or more vehicles.
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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.
The Problem With Libertarian Women is Not Libertarian Men | Megan McArdle | January 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFather come in, an' he says: 'Well, I guess I've saved the judge a pretty good smash-up.
Country Neighbors | Alice BrownThe 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. WirtA beginner like you might miscalculate the weight, and think what a terrible smash up we'd have then!
In Hostile Red | Joseph AltshelerYes, 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
/ informal /
a bad collision, esp of cars
(tr, adverb) to damage to the point of complete destruction: they smashed the place up
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