Definition: smash

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

smash
     n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
          bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
          [syn: knock, bash, bang, belt]
     2: a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) [syn: smash-up]
     3: a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head [syn:
        overhead]
     4: the act of colliding with something [syn: collision, crash]
     5: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and
        marked the beginning of his career" [syn: hit, bang, strike]
     adv : with a loud crash; "the car went smash through the fence"
           [syn: smashingly]
     v 1: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: nail, boom, blast]
     2: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a
        plate" [syn: dash]
     3: damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up
        the car of his mother" [syn: bang up, smash up]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Smash \Smash\, v. t. (Lawn Tennis)
   To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very
   hard overhand stroke.
Smash \Smash\ (sm[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smashed
   (sm[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Smashing.] [Cf. Sw. smisk a
   blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with
   a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap.]
   To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

         Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces.
                                                  --Burke.
Smash \Smash\, v. i.
   To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of
   collision or pressure.
Smash \Smash\, n.
   1. A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.

   2. Hence, bankruptcy. [Colloq.]