smashup

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smashup

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Deverbal from smash up.

noun smashups

informal An abrupt, damaging breakdown or failure.
informal A violent collision involving one or more vehicles.
Similar: crash
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.

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noun collision

Ελληνικά	σύγκρουση sýgkrousi, τρακάρισμα trakárisma

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@misc{smashup_2026,
  title = {smashup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smashup},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}