I.
noun
1 breaking noisily into pieces
ADJECTIVE
▪ loud
VERB + SMASH
▪ hear
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
▪
The plate hit the floor with a ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
He heard the ~ of breaking glass.
2 ( BrE ) in a car, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ head-on
▪ fatal
▪
Their car was involved in a fatal ~ with a stolen van.
▪ horrific
▪ hit-and-run
▪
a 20-year-old victim of a hit-and-run ~
▪ high-speed
▪ car , motorbike
▪ rail , train
▪ motorway , road
▪ two-car , three-vehicle , etc.
VERB + SMASH
▪ have
▪ cause
▪
A teenage driver has been fined £300 for causing a road ~ on the A127.
SMASH + VERB
▪ happen
▪
The ~ happened just before junction 13 of the M6.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Four people were seriously injured in a head-on ~ on the A45.
3 in tennis
ADJECTIVE
▪ powerful
▪ overhead
▪ forearm
VERB + SMASH
▪ hit
▪
He can hit a powerful overhead ~.
▪ miss
▪
He misses a ~ to hand Federer a 5–0 lead.
4 song, film/movie, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ box-office
▪ club , dance-floor (both BrE )
▪
the recent club ~, ‘Rocking Music’
▪ surprise
▪ instant
▪
The comedy was an instant ~ with critics.
▪ summer
VERB + SMASH
▪ be , become
SMASH + NOUN
▪ album , single
▪ series , show , sitcom
▪
Bridges starred on the ~ sitcom ‘Diff'rent Strokes’.
▪ hit
▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE )
II.
verb
Smash is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ fist , ↑ glass , ↑ vandal , ↑ wave , ↑ window
Smash is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ barricade , ↑ fist , ↑ glass , ↑ mirror , ↑ pane , ↑ racket , ↑ record , ↑ skull , ↑ vase , ↑ window , ↑ windscreen