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smash down

smash down verb: to cause to fall down and break by hitting it hard.

Verb

smash down (third-person singular simple present smashes down, present participle smashing down, simple past and past participle smashed down)

  1. (transitive) To cause to fall down and break by hitting it hard.
    • Mr Alhadi, 27, heard Jack's screams as he passed the property in West Ham, east London, and smashed down the door.2011 February 10, “Boy, seven, mauled by pitbull is lucky to be alive after stranger broke into flat to save him”, in Daily Mail
  2. (intransitive) To fall heavily.
    • Arsenal were shining bright in a match that had begun with hailstones smashing down in the stadium.2011 February 12, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 2 - 0 Wolverhampton”, in BBC

Forms of smash down

third-person singular presentsmashes down
present participlesmashing down
past participlesmashed down
pastsmashed down

Questions about smash down

What does smash down mean?
Smash down means to cause to fall down and break by hitting it hard.
What part of speech is smash down?
Smash down is a verb.
What is the past tense of smash down?
The past tense of smash down is smashed down.

Words near smash down in the dictionary

  1. smash burgers
  2. smash cake
  3. smash cakes
  4. smash cut
  5. smash cuts
  6. smash down
  7. smash hit
  8. smash hits
  9. smash in
  10. smash it
  11. smash powers

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