smithereens

If something is smashed to pieces, it's called smithereens. This is a very strong word that is usually used to describe something that is destroyed completely.

  • The vase was smashed to pieces when he threw it across the room.

  • The book was smashed to pieces when he threw it across the room.

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Example Sentences for smithereens

  • 1

    In phrases such as 'to explode into smithereens'.

  • 2

    Prefer freeing the guilty to the smithereens of innocents.

  • 3

    11 is the third official album by the Smithereens.

  • 4

    The game involves smashing bricks to smithereens.

  • 5

    Smithereens have a particularly strong environmental ethic.

  • 6

    The Spirit then uses a grenade to blow the Octopus to smithereens.

  • 7

    I tried to tackle it a moment ago but reduced it to smithereens.

  • 8

    The Cliffs have been favorably compared with the Smithereens and the Jam.

  • 9

    Ah, well, another childhood fantasy gone to smithereens.