smash down
phrasal verb
smashed down; smashing down; smashes down
: to hit (something) hard so that it breaks and falls down
Police smashed down the door.
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The risk is in presuming that anything subversive or sensational is also true and meaningful, and that anything conventional is a lie that must be smashed down.
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Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
So when Burnham, who was a sophomore on the 2024 team that was winless in league and went 1-25 for the season, smashed down the dunk, the fans rushed onto the floor like … well, like a school that had never won a boys basketball league title in their lifetime.
—Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 3 Feb. 2026
Two years later, bald men with tattoos and gold chains smashed down their door, shattered windows and flipped furniture to bully them out of their home anyway.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
After greeting her former flame with a little Dexys Midnight Run, Hedda meets Eileen’s new lover, played by Imogen Poots, and proceeds to hit the self-destruct button – the chandelier smashing down onto the floor is the least of her problems.
—Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors allege the men drove through the locked gates of Blenheim Palace, then broke in a window, smashed down a door and ripped the toilet from the wall.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
These include peaceful tasks such as tutoring their children or taking a census, through to more physical jobs such as smashing down rebellions.
—Barry Collins, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
The black 2023 sedan smashed down onto its roof, then rolled onto its wheels, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court by Bolton’s widow Linda and daughters Rowan and Willow.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
Attempting to smash down doors and avoid the crowd is risky.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 18 July 2022
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Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
So when Burnham, who was a sophomore on the 2024 team that was winless in league and went 1-25 for the season, smashed down the dunk, the fans rushed onto the floor like … well, like a school that had never won a boys basketball league title in their lifetime.
—Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 3 Feb. 2026
Two years later, bald men with tattoos and gold chains smashed down their door, shattered windows and flipped furniture to bully them out of their home anyway.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
After greeting her former flame with a little Dexys Midnight Run, Hedda meets Eileen’s new lover, played by Imogen Poots, and proceeds to hit the self-destruct button – the chandelier smashing down onto the floor is the least of her problems.
—Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors allege the men drove through the locked gates of Blenheim Palace, then broke in a window, smashed down a door and ripped the toilet from the wall.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
These include peaceful tasks such as tutoring their children or taking a census, through to more physical jobs such as smashing down rebellions.
—Barry Collins, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
The black 2023 sedan smashed down onto its roof, then rolled onto its wheels, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court by Bolton’s widow Linda and daughters Rowan and Willow.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
Attempting to smash down doors and avoid the crowd is risky.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 18 July 2022
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“Smash down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smash%20down. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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