smash
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a vigorous blow
the sudden knock floored him
Types & categories
- blow hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
hit hard
He smashed a 3-run homer
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adverb
with a loud crash
the car went smash through the fence
Sense 4 noun
a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
Types & categories
- collision hypernym
Related & opposite
- smash derivation
- motor vehicle domain topic
Sense 5 verb
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
Smash a plate
Types & categories
- break hypernym
- knock down hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
Types & categories
- return hypernym
Related & opposite
- smash derivation
Sense 7 verb
reduce to bankruptcy
My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
Types & categories
- impoverish hypernym
Related & opposite
- bankruptcy derivation
Sense 8 noun
the act of colliding with something
his crash through the window
Types & categories
- hitting hypernym
- impingement hyponym
Related & opposite
- crash derivation
Sense 9 verb
hit violently
She smashed her car against the guard rail
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Sense 10 noun
a conspicuous success
that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
Types & categories
Sense 11 verb
humiliate or depress completely
She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
Types & categories
- chagrin hypernym
Related & opposite
- demolition derivation
Sense 12 verb
damage or destroy as if by violence
The teenager banged up the car of his mother
Types & categories
- damage hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 13 verb
hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
- smash derivation
Sense 14 verb
collide or strike violently and suddenly
The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail
Types & categories
- clash hypernym
Related & opposite
- smash-up derivation
Sense 15 verb
overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off
Types & categories
- demolish hypernym
Sense 16 verb
break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
The window smashed
Types & categories
- come apart hypernym
Related & opposite
- smash verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | knock |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bang |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sock |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | belt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bang up |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blast |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smasher |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | motor vehicle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | collision |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smashing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smasher |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | smash |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | break |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock down |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | return |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | bankruptcy |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | impoverish |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | crash |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | hitting |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | impingement |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | success |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | megahit |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleeper |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | demolition |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | chagrin |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | smasher |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | damage |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash-up |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | clash |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | demolish |
| 16 | verb group | Related & opposite | smash |
| 16 | hypernym | Types & categories | come apart |