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smashup

smashup noun: an abrupt, damaging breakdown or failure.

Noun

smashup (plural smashups)

  1. (informal) An abrupt, damaging breakdown or failure.
  2. (informal) A violent collision involving one or more vehicles.
    Synonyms:
    crash
  3. An instance or the result of smashing; that which has been smashed into pieces.
    • I discovered that a lot of imported drainage-pipes for the settlement had been tumbled in there. There wasn’t one that was not broken. It was a wanton smash-up.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 206

Synonyms of smashup

Forms of smashup

pluralsmashups

Origin of smashup

Deverbal from smash up.

Questions about smashup

What does smashup mean?
Smashup means an abrupt, damaging breakdown or failure.
What part of speech is smashup?
Smashup is a noun.
What is the plural of smashup?
The plural of smashup is smashups.

Words near smashup in the dictionary

  1. smashmouth
  2. smashpad
  3. smashpads
  4. smashproof
  5. smasht
  6. smashup
  7. smashups
  8. Smasnug
  9. smaste
  10. smastes
  11. smatch

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