smash-up
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smash-up
n
(Automotive Engineering) a bad collision, esp of cars
vb
(tr, adverb) to damage to the point of complete destruction: they smashed the place up.
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smash′-up`
n.
a complete smash, esp. between vehicles.
[1855–60]
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Noun | 1. | smash-up - a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails collision - an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill" |
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smash-up
n (Brit: Aut, Rail) → übler Unfall; (esp with another vehicle) → Karambolage f
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