noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blow sb/sth to pieces/bits/smithereens
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A bomb like that could blow you to bits.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
blow
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He remembered how innocently they had discussed which natives they would blow to smithereens and which they would grant a reprieve to.
smash
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If my anger breaks the glass, I could be smashed to smithereens .
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There were the remains of a ship in a bottle, smashed to smithereens , and a rubber toy Bowie knife.
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He says an overweight lorry in a crash will smash a car to smithereens .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Blowing themselves to smithereens may not have been the only steps they took to shield identity.
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He remembered how innocently they had discussed which natives they would blow to smithereens and which they would grant a reprieve to.
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He says an overweight lorry in a crash will smash a car to smithereens .
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If my anger breaks the glass, I could be smashed to smithereens .
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There were the remains of a ship in a bottle, smashed to smithereens , and a rubber toy Bowie knife.
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What I really wanted was to bash him to smithereens .