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smashing adjective [ ˈsmaʃɪŋ ]

• excellent; wonderful.
• "you look smashing!"
Similar: wonderful, marvellous, excellent, splendid, magnificent, superb, amazing, glorious, sublime, lovely, delightful, super, great, fantastic, terrific, tremendous, phenomenal, sensational, heavenly, stellar, gorgeous, dreamy, grand, fabulous, fab, fabby, fantabulous, awesome, amazeballs, magic, ace, cool, mean, bad, wicked, mega, crucial, mind-blowing, far out, A1, sound, out of this world, marvy, spanking, dope, def, phat, brilliant, brill, bosting, peachy, dandy, jim-dandy, neat, badass, boss, radical, rad, boffo, bully, bitching, on fleek, beaut, bonzer, kif, lank, groovy, divine, capital, champion, wizard, corking, cracking, ripping, spiffing, top-hole, topping, beezer, swell, keen, goodly,

smash verb

• violently break (something) into pieces.
• "the thief smashed a window to get into the car"
Similar: break, break to pieces, smash to smithereens, shatter, splinter, crack, disintegrate, bust, shiver,
• move so as to hit or collide with something with great force and impact.
• "their plane smashed into a mountainside"
Origin: early 18th century (as a noun): probably imitative, representing a blend of words such as smack, smite with bash, mash, etc.


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