smashing down

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