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English Dictionary: smashing by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smashing
adj
  1. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
    Synonym(s): bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
n
  1. the act of breaking something into small pieces [syn: smashing, shattering]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smash \Smash\ (sm[acr]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smashed}
      (sm[acr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smashing}.] [Cf. Sw. smisk a
      blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with
      a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap.]
      To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
  
               Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces.
                                                                              --Burke.
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