Meanings
nounsmashup (plural smashups)
plural smashups
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA violent collision involving one or more vehicles.
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Origin
Deverbal from smash up.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Greek σύγκρουση, τρακάρισμα
- σύγκρουση (sýgkrousi)collision
- τρακάρισμα (trakárisma)collision
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