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verb American English pronunciation: smash /smæʃ/ 
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present tense
I/you/we/theysmash
he/she/itsmashes
present participlesmashing
past tensesmashed
past participlesmashed
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  1. 1
    [transitive] Sound effect: smash to break something noisily into many pieces by dropping or hitting it with a lot of force

    Someone had smashed a window.

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      [intransitive] to break noisily into many pieces

      The bottle slipped and smashed to pieces on the floor.

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