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smashups

smashups is the plural of smashup.

Meaning of smashup

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

Questions about smashups

What is smashups the plural of?
Smashups is the plural of smashup.

Words near smashups in the dictionary

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

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