smash in
phrasal verb
smashed in; smashing in; smashes in
: to hit (something) hard so that it breaks it or gets a hole in it
I smashed in the window.
I was so mad I felt like smashing his face in.
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The wide receiver was smashed in between two Panthers defenders and went down to the ground.
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
Police later hypnotized the witness, who was an auto body repairman, and were able to get a better description of the vehicle: a maroon-reddish 1970 Dodge Polara with a beat-up white vinyl top and its passenger door smashed in, according to a Statesman article from 1980.
—Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Aug. 2024
Smash smashes in March 22, 2023: It’s been over a decade since Smash first made its way onto a post-Glee television landscape, which means the time is nigh to bring out your ugliest scarves and hide your peanuts from any enterprising assistants.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
All of the projects highlighted within this compilation were also smashes in the country, and now this gathering of hits from those five full-lengths has become a win as well.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
Police later hypnotized the witness, who was an auto body repairman, and were able to get a better description of the vehicle: a maroon-reddish 1970 Dodge Polara with a beat-up white vinyl top and its passenger door smashed in, according to a Statesman article from 1980.
—Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Aug. 2024
Smash smashes in March 22, 2023: It’s been over a decade since Smash first made its way onto a post-Glee television landscape, which means the time is nigh to bring out your ugliest scarves and hide your peanuts from any enterprising assistants.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
All of the projects highlighted within this compilation were also smashes in the country, and now this gathering of hits from those five full-lengths has become a win as well.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Smash in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smash%20in. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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