smash in
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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More than half a century after the English rock outfit first began scoring wins on charts on both sides of the Atlantic, the Rolling Stones are back with not just another hit, but one more top 10 smash in America.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The building’s entrance was smashed in the strike, preventing residents from escaping.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Seven stores in a strip mall in Maine Township, Illinois, had their windows smashed in apparent overnight burglaries.
—CBS News, 14 May 2026
City are a bigger, stronger team than Chelsea in almost every position, and those advantages manifested clearly in Nico O’Reilly swatting Andrey Santos aside to nod in their first goal and Jeremy Doku bustling Moises Caicedo off the ball to run through and smash in their third.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The building’s entrance was smashed in the strike, preventing residents from escaping.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Seven stores in a strip mall in Maine Township, Illinois, had their windows smashed in apparent overnight burglaries.
—CBS News, 14 May 2026
City are a bigger, stronger team than Chelsea in almost every position, and those advantages manifested clearly in Nico O’Reilly swatting Andrey Santos aside to nod in their first goal and Jeremy Doku bustling Moises Caicedo off the ball to run through and smash in their third.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Smash in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smash%20in. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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